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Hey, Scripting Guy! I loved your idea about tracking what time my server came up and subtracting it from the current time. I bow at your feet! But guess what? My pointy-headed boss says that does not mean jack squat (or words to that effect). He said to really prove server uptime, I need to track the amount of time the server was down during the...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Everyone at work has the idea that our network is unreliable. However, I know that our servers are seldom down. How can I prove to them that I know my stuff?-- HB Hi HB, You are really asking two questions. The first I can help you with. However, the veracity of your correctness claim is up to you. Your initial inquiry is th...

Hey Scripting Guy! I have a folder of media files, documents, etc., and I would like to see the metadata that is associated with each file. Can I do this with Windows PowerShell?-- EJ Hi EJ, I suspect that you are more interested in "data about data." Various applications store additional descriptive information that is used in different ways. ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am writing to you offline because I am stuck in an airplane somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. It seems like I have been flying for two weeks, and I am really getting tired of looking at the bald spot on the head in front of me. Do you know when we will land?-- DS Hi DS, I am not sure the pilots themselves really know when...

Hey, Scripting Guy! After doing several restores we have folders with files named name.doc AND name.do (without "C"). How can we identify such pairs of files and do something to them based on a comparison?-- TN Hi TN, Scripts like the one we’ll develop in this article are the best tools I know of for dealing with this sort of problem. Dealing w...