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Hey, Scripting Guy! I’d like to be able to read through a text file, select the lines that begin with a particular word (like Failure), and then save only those lines back to the same text file. Is there any way to do that?-- AC Hey, AC. Hey, AC. For simplicity’s sake, we’re assuming you have a text file that looks similar to this:Success - Oper...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change a user’s password using a script?-- GO Hey, GO. You didn’t indicate whether you wanted to change the password for a local user or for an Active Directory user. But that’s OK: the processes are so similar we’ll go ahead and show you how to do both. It’s like getting two Hey, Scripting Guy! columns for the pric...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to search a computer for .MP3 files or other files my users aren’t supposed to have?-- AK Hey, AK. Once again it’s WMI to the rescue. Using the CIM_DataFile class it’s easy to search a computer for specific file types. Want to know if your users have any .MP3 files lying around? Then just use a script similar t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I know how to determine the amount of free space on a drive, but how can I determine the percentage of free disk space on a drive?-- MS Hey, JP. You’re right: determining the amount of free disk space on a drive is pretty easy. For example, this simple little script tells you the amount of free space (in bytes) for drive C on...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I count the number of lines in a text file?-- MS Hey, MS. It’s easy to tell that Microsoft’s scripting technologies weren’t written by people who do system administration for a living. Our scripting technologies are jam-packed with features and capabilities, yet we always seem to missing the things that people really ...