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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the first 16 bits on an IP address? I want to keep the last 16 bits exactly the same.-- LD Hey, LD. Before we answer your question we should note that we are well aware that “suggestive” photos of an American Idol contestant have allegedly been uncovered on the Internet. Needless to say, we know many of you a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the uptime of a service?-- JC Hey, JC. You know, if you could have seen the Scripting Guy who writes this column this morning you would have reconsidered asking him a question about uptime. Although he woke up in plenty of time, even turning off the alarm before it was due to sound, he had a … little … trouble a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! While browsing the Internet I found a script that showed me how to get a list of all the unique words in a text file. That’s useful, but I’d like to go one step further: how can I determine the number of times each of those words occurs??-- TZ Hey, TZ. As it turns out, that’s a lot easier than you might think. In fact, all yo...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I monitor event log messages for a specific word or phrase?-- GH Hey, GH. You know, now that the 2007 Scripting Games are over (have we mentioned that the 2008 Games are just a year away?) it’s time for the Scripting Guys to rejoin the real world. Before we answer your question, however, could you give us a second to ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I put the date that a Microsoft Word document was last saved in the footer of that document? Oh: and how can I center that footer while I’m at it?-- GH Hey, GH. Well, the best way to go about – say, wait a second here: that sounds suspiciously like two questions, one about putting the last-saved date in the footer, th...