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Hey, Scripting Guy! You’ve shown us how to search a text file for a single word or phrase, but how can I search a text file for two phrases? I need to know if a file contains either Windows 2000 or Windows XP.-- JR Hey, JR. You know, it’s hard enough to get the Scripting Guys to do one thing; getting them to do two things would seem to be well-n...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if a date falls within a specified time period?-- JW Hey, JW. By amazing coincidence on our way to work this morning we heard two different commercials, from two different companies, touting “Christmas in July.” That prompted us to answer your question as soon as we got to the office. After all, if these compan...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an application that installs a WMI class named UIDLightInfo. That class includes a property named UIDLightState. How can I tell whether or not I can change the value of this property?-- JC Hey, JC. You know, we once reviewed a scripting course where the authors continually dealt with the question, “How do I know if I ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In your HTA examples, you show us how you can click a button and cause a single subroutine to run. How can I add two or more subroutines to the onClick parameter for a button?-- FM Hey, FM. You know, there’s an interesting branch of cognitive psychology known as problem finding; the idea is that your ability to answer a quest...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that opens nine different command windows in order to monitor performance. How can I tile those windows horizontally after they’ve all been opened?-- AM Hey, AM. You know, one of the Scripting Guys might not be much when it comes to scripting, but he is a master of one thing: he has a near-monopoly on totally ...