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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that prevents the screensaver from coming on? Sometimes I get interrupted for a couple minutes (say I get a phone call or something) and the screensaver kicks in, which promptly locks the computer. Is there a way to keep that from happening?-- SS Hey, SS. We hope you’ll forgive us if we seem a little ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that accesses all the subfolders in my Outlook Inbox?-- MB Hey, MB. You know, after you’ve written a daily scripting column for nearly two years (have we mentioned the Hey, Scripting Guy 500th column celebration lately?) you learn that certain subjects are strictly off-limits. Discuss religion in a sc...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert text into a specific column of a text file? I don’t want the text to be inserted at the beginning of a line or at the end of a line, but at a specific spot in the line.-- D Hey, D. You know, over the past two years we’ve answered a lot of questions about text files, and if there’s one thing we’ve learned in t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of available metadata for Microsoft Office documents?-- JR Hey, JR. If we understand your question correctly, you’d like to know if it’s true that July 21, 2006 will mark the 500thHey, Scripting Guy! column; in addition, you’d like to know whether we are planning to do anything to mark th...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I populate a list box with the CNs of all the OUs in my domain?-- AK Hey, AK. That’s an interesting question, AK, and we’ll do our best to answer it. Of course, we should point out that the United States soccer team has just finished losing to the Czech Republic in the World Cup, and we’re so broken-hearted and discon...