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January 2005 - Page 3 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

How Can I Change the Legal Warning Message Using a Script?

January 17, 2005 Jan 17, 2005 01/17/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to change the legal warning message on a computer?-- RB(image) (image) (image) Hey, RB. As you all probably know, when you press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to log on to Windows, you’re typically presented with a logon box. You type your user name, domain, and password in the box, click OK, and away...

How Can I Tell if a Folder Has Any Files with a Specific File Extension?

January 14, 2005 Jan 14, 2005 01/14/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I verify whether or not any files with a specific file extension exist in a folder?-- GM(image) (image) (image) Hey, GM. This is actually a pretty easy thing to do. All we have to do is write a WMI query that includes the path of the folder we want to check as well as the file extension we’re checking ...

How Can I Map a Printer, But Only If the User Doesn’t Have a Local Printer?

January 13, 2005 Jan 13, 2005 01/13/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’d like to have a logon script that maps a network printer for each user unless that user already has a local printer. If they have a local printer, I don’t want to add the network printer. Is that possible?-- AG(image) (image) (image) Hey, AG. Not only is that possible, but it’s actually pretty easy, ...

How Can I Access a Type Library From Within a Script?

January 12, 2005 Jan 12, 2005 01/12/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I access a type library from within a script?-- XA(image) (image) (image) Hey, XA. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a type library is a file or a component that contains type information for a COM object; type information describes the object and the things you can do with it. Among the ...

How Can I Put the User Name into the Footer of a Microsoft Word Document?

January 11, 2005 Jan 11, 2005 01/11/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I put the user name into the footer of a Microsoft Word document?-- RR(image) (image) (image) Hey, RR. That’s an interesting question, and probably the first how-do-I-put-the-user-name-in-the-footer-of-a-Word-document question we’ve ever received. (No, really!) But what the heck; let’s see if we ...