Showing results for September 2004 - Page 2 of 4 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I get multiple lines of output in a Web page using the Document.Body.InnerHTML property? I can only get one line of output on my page.-- CM Hey, CM. Sounds like you’re creating an instance of Internet Explorer and trying to display script output in it. And we’re willing to bet you’re using a script similar to this: In th...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an easy way to manage scheduled tasks using scripts?-- RC Hey, RC. You just had to ask that question, didn’t you? To be honest, this is not one of scripting’s strong points, and you might be more confused after hearing the answer than you were before asking the question. But here goes. The problem we have here is that ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to use WMI to determine whether a computer is a laptop or a desktop machine?-- CB Hey, CB. You bet there is, although if you didn’t know that we have no idea how you’d figure it out on your own. It turns out there’s a goofy little WMI class called Win32_SystemEnclosure, and the ChassisTypes property can tell yo...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if a computer has a DVD drive installed?-- GC Hey, GC. No doubt you’re hoping we’ll say something like, “Why, you just use the Win32_DVD class, of course.” Unfortunately, though, we can’t say that; that’s because there is no Win32_DVD class, or any class devoted to DVD drives. There is, of course, the Win32_CDROM...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I bind to a user account when the user is in a sub-OU? Code like this doesn’t work: LDAP://CN=Ken Meyer, OU=NA\Human Resources, DC=fabrikam, dc=com.-- RD Hey, RD. The past few days we’ve done some lengthy answers to questions, so we decided to be a little lazy today (hey, it is Friday!) and take an easy one. In your Acti...