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October 2005 - Page 4 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

How Can I Center an HTA on the Screen?

October 10, 2005 Oct 10, 2005 10/10/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I center an HTA on the screen?-- BH(image) (image) (image) Hey, BH. Well, we have an answer for you, although it’s not perfect: we can resize (if need be) and center your window, but there will be a momentary flash on the screen when all this happens. It’s not too terribly distracting and the net ...

How Can I Determine Which Version of Access was Used to Create a Database?

October 7, 2005 Oct 7, 2005 10/7/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which version of Access was used to create an Access database?-- TW(image) (image) (image) Hey, TW. You know, at least one of the Scripting Guys is a bit old-fashioned, to say the least. He doesn’t own a cell phone, and he won’t use drive-through windows. He wears his baseball hat ...

How Can I Verify that None of My Local User Accounts have a Blank Password?

October 6, 2005 Oct 6, 2005 10/6/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I verify that none of my local user accounts have a blank password?-- TB(image) (image) (image) Hey, TB. To begin with, we should point out that at least some of you won’t need to make this check on computers within your domain; that’s because you’re using password policies in the domain that would...

How Can I Set Word’s Default File Location to be the User’s Home Directory?

October 5, 2005 Oct 5, 2005 10/5/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Word’s default file location to be the user’s home directory?-- LD(image) (image) (image) Hey, LD. Ah, memories. There was a period of time when it seemed like every question we answered in this column was a two-part question: we’d always find ourselves doing things like showing people how to...