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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I remove the password when opening an Excel spreadsheet?-- JE Hey, JE. You know, it’s finally happened: after two-and-a-half years of writing this column we’ve finally run out of things to talk about. The “heartbeat sensor” that can tell you whether someone is hiding in the backseat of your car? We talked about that a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the users who have a process open on a computer?-- RE Hey, RE. You know, over the past 5 years the number of people who watch the news on the major networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) has dropped precipitously; the number of people who read the newspaper each day has fallen even more dramatically. And yet,...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I read your article on filtering email messages in Microsoft Outlook, and it’s almost what I need, but not quite. What I really need to know is this: how can I filter Outlook messages by the email address of the person who sent the message?-- SJS Hey, SJS. Say, you weren’t by any chance at the Columbia Athletic Club this past...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether a laptop computer is running off batteries?-- TJ Hey, TJ. Ah, yes: batteries. Back in December the Scripting House lost power for six days. Was the Scripting Guy who writes this column concerned? Of course not. After all, he was fully prepared for an emergency like that: he had four (count ‘em: four) fl...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, how can I enable users to choose a default printer from a list of the printers installed on their computer?-- JD Hey, JD. You know, a lot of people write in to say, “Hey, Scripting Guys! Why do you limit yourselves to system administration scripting? Don’t you realize that you guys, and you guys alone, have...