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December 22, 2005Dec 22, 200512/22/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve the path to the Program Files folder on a computer?— CC
Hey, CC. How can you retrieve the path to the Program Files folder on a computer? Well, to be honest, not as easily as we thought you could.
December 21, 2005Dec 21, 200512/21/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the footer in an Excel spreadsheet?— JA
Hey, JA. Ah, a trick question, huh? As it turns out, there’s no such thing as the footer in Excel; instead, Excel has three different footers: the left footer,
December 20, 2005Dec 20, 200512/20/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the “grandparent” of an object in Active Directory?— JG
Hey, JG. Wait a second: is this “grandparent” thing some sneaky reference to the fact that the Scripting Guys (well, except for Jean, of course) are all starting to show their age a bit?
December 19, 2005Dec 19, 200512/19/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete the C$ share from a computer?— RB
Hey, RB. One quick clarification here: we can tell you how to temporarily delete the C$ share from a computer. However, the share will automatically be recreated any time the Server service is stopped and then restarted,
December 16, 2005Dec 16, 200512/16/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create an HTA that doesn’t have a Close button in the title bar?— AK
Hey, AK. You know, you’ve presented us with a great moral and ethical quandary. After all, suppose we answer this question: suddenly the world might be inundated with HTAs that couldn’t be closed.
December 15, 2005Dec 15, 200512/15/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add additional worksheets to an Excel workbook? By default you get 3 worksheets, but I have a scenario in which I need a workbook that has 12 worksheets.— AA
Hey, AA. You know, a couple years ago one the Scripting Guys helped put together an Excel spreadsheet for one of the local youth baseball leagues.
December 14, 2005Dec 14, 200512/14/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure the Days to keep pages in history setting in Internet Explorer?— AK
Hey, AK. To tell you the truth, at first we were a little hesitant about answering this question. Why? Well, we’ve all seen enough TV to know that you aren’t supposed to mess around with history.
December 13, 2005Dec 13, 200512/13/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I disable a computer account?— MD
Hey, MD. You know, our first thought when we read your question was to ask our very own Peter Costantini, a scripting guru who’s done a lot of work with Active Directory.
December 12, 2005Dec 12, 200512/12/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete everyone except the Administrator and the Domain Admins group from the local Administrators group?— JS
Hey, JS. You know, when you become a doctor you have to take the Hippocratic Oath, which famously begins,
December 9, 2005Dec 9, 200512/9/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use alternate credentials when searching Active Directory?
— PT
Hey, PT. So what’s the big idea here? Devoted readers of this column (both of them) know that we usually love tackling questions where the answer involves searching Active Directory.
