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February 28, 2006Feb 28, 200602/28/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I re-launch Internet Explorer if no other instances are running?— MT
Hey, MT. Thanks for the question. You know, nowadays everyone picks on poor little Internet Explorer (even though the vast majority of Windows users still use Internet Explorer).
February 27, 2006Feb 27, 200602/27/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I disable a service?— DS
Hey, DS. You know, the Scripting Guys seem to have stumbled upon a great idea. In our last column, we showed people how to disable the LMHosts file. Today, we’re going to show everyone how to disable a service.
February 24, 2006Feb 24, 200602/24/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I prevent a computer from using the LMHosts file?— MJ
Hey, MJ. You know, this was an interesting one, at least for the Scripting Guys. Not because the script was hard to write; that was actually pretty easy.
February 23, 2006Feb 23, 200602/23/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I format an Excel spreadsheet so that it retains leading zeroes?— AS
Hey, AS. You know, one of the Scripting Guys still has nightmares about the number zero. Several years ago he got a phone call from a friend of his wondering if he’d be interested in helping coach a youth league basketball team (10- and 11-year-olds).
February 22, 2006Feb 22, 200602/22/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I truncate names to a maximum of 16 characters?— BN
Hey, BN. Brace yourself: it’s time for another trip down memory lane. When one of the Scripting Guys was going to college, he took a temporary summer job with the Green Giant Corporation,
February 21, 2006Feb 21, 200602/21/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I compare the modification date of the local file with its counterpart on a file server and then, if the local file is older, replace it with the version on the file server?— DC
Hey, DC.
February 20, 2006Feb 20, 200602/20/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the items in the Run key in the registry?— JW
Hey, JW. How can you list all the items in the Run key in the registry? Well, to be honest, we’re not going to tell you.
February 17, 2006Feb 17, 200602/17/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure a user account so that the user can only log on to the domain using specific computers?— RB
Hey, RB. You know, at one point we had some really good solutions for you; unfortunately,
February 16, 2006Feb 16, 200602/16/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which account a script is running under?— KW
Hey, KW. You know, it’s been awhile since we started off a column with a bunch of excuses, and that’s been hard on us: after all,
February 15, 2006Feb 15, 200602/15/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the last row in an Excel spreadsheet? I can’t append data to the file unless I know which row to start with.— TGW
Hey, TGW. You know, this is the kind of thing that separates the Scripting Guys from the rest of the world.
