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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I take user names from an Excel spreadsheet, search for those users in Active Directory, and then indicate whether or not each user was found?-- SD Hey, SD. You know, one of the drawbacks to writing a daily scripting column is that people never seem to believe you. For one thing, they don’t believe that you write a dail...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In an HTA, how can I read the individual lines in a multi-line text box?-- KM Hey, KM. You know, to be perfectly honest the Scripting Guy who writes this column has always had a grudging admiration for people who do totally ridiculous things and yet somehow manage to get away with them. For example, in the past couple weeks a l...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the text for the Marquee screen saver?-- SJ Hey, SJ. Greetings from the frozen wasteland formerly known as Redmond, WA. On Monday night a freak November snowstorm hit the Seattle area. However, instead of leaving behind snow it left behind an inch or so of ice; ice which, in turn, has pretty much left the entir...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a suffix to a folder name? For example, I’d like to rename the folder C:\January to C:\January_2006.-- NB Hey, NB. You know, back in July the Scripting Guy who writes this column happened to wander through the living room while the Scripting Son was watching the world-famous Nathan’s Hot Dog-Eating Contest on ESPN...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I position the cursor in a specific text box each time I start an HTA?-- BM Hey, BM. You know, if the Scripting Guy who writes this column has any regrets in life it’s that he didn’t become a Theoretical Physicist Guy. Why? Well, among other things, theoretical physicists have concocted theories that completely explain ...