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Apr 4, 2009
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Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (04/03/09)

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Troubleshooting the Application of Two WMI Classes   Hey, Scripting Guy! The examples produced from the "Scriptomatic Version 2.0 by The Microsoft Scripting Guys" for the entries Win32_ServiceSpecification and Win32_ServiceControl both return error 0x80041002 under Windows Server 2003. I can't find another WMI class that exposes the recovery ...

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Apr 2, 2009
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Run a Script When My Computer Is Idle?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to run a script when my computer is idle. But only when it is idle. I have looked in WMI and everywhere else and cannot find anything that will detect when the computer is idle. Can you tell me how to do it?- NM Hi NM, You know, our computers are busy plotting against us every minute of the day. Of this we a...

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Apr 1, 2009
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Best Work with Task Scheduler?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! We are really looking at reducing our IT costs as a group and as a result are seeking out anything that is already built into the operating system that will allow us to automate things. Our company recently had some cutbacks and we simply do not have enough people to be able to do anything more than operate in fire-fighting mo...

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