Showing results for December 2006 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the Access database files (.mdb and .ldb files) on a computer?-- MG Hey, MG. You know, in this day and age most people don’t believe in Santa Claus. Well, we happen to know that these people are wrong: Santa Claus really is real. How do we know that? Because he’s spent the past couple days spamming the Script...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In our school, how can I enable teachers to change a student’s password to their logon name, then force those students to change their password the next time they log on?-- DS Hey, DS. Boy, did you pick the wrong person to ask. After all, the Scripting Guy who writes this column used to be a teacher; if he knew how to force stu...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a shortcut that opens Internet Explorer with the address bar hidden?-- WA Hey, WA. You know, any time a science fiction writer starts to run low on ideas he or she writes a story in which someone goes to bed and then wakes up in the morning to find that the world has completely changed overnight. Why? Because s...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a network printer at logon? I’d also like to make that the default printer unless the user has a local printer. In that case I don’t want to make the network printer the default printer.-- DB Hey, DB. So, how are … things ….? That’s really some kind of weather we’ve/you’ve been having lately, isn’t it? Sorry; this...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy a user’s phone number to his or her description for all the users in Active Directory?-- DL Hey, DL. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this column considers today’s column to be his all-time favorite. Why? Because while you’re at work reading this he hasn’t even gotten out of bed yet. (Or, if he has, he’s ju...