Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Tell if the Screen Saver is Active?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if the screen saver is active and, if so, how long it has been running?-- MS(image) (image) (image) Hey, MS. Interesting question; we don’t think we’ve ever been asked that before. And at first it had us stumped; after all, there aren’t any WMI classes or COM objects for managing the screen ...

How Can I Change the Printer Port for a Printer?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the printer port for a printer? For example how can I change it from FILE: to LPT1:?-- HK(image) (image) (image) Hey, HK. Despite the Scripting Guys reputation as sophisticated intellectuals - really? We don’t have a reputation as sophisticated intellectuals? Really? This is very distressing. ...