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  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I finally had a chance to sit down and catch my breath from the 2010 Scripting Games. I reviewed some awesome scripts, and learned many new tricks. I happened to notice that my desktop computer clock was about five minutes slow. I checked and the domain controller was also slow. After looking around, ...

  This week saw the kickoff and first week of the 2010 Scripting Games. The Scripting Wife is in the midst of things, so we decided to give her a break and let her catch her breath. You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Yesterday, I wrote a quick script that will ...

  This week saw the kickoff and first week of the 2010 Scripting Games. The Scripting Wife is in the midst of things, so we decided to give her a break and let her catch her breath. You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. This week has been absolutely crazy. The fir...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a Windows Server 2003 computer that I need to monitor for reboots. This may sound rather strange, but this server is more of a workstation, and we have a user mode application that runs under an actual user account. Therefore, we log on using the ID we have set up, launch the application, lock the console of t...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of users on our network that use laptops as their primary workstation. These users are constantly complaining that their screen goes dark on them, or that the computer is running slow. I think the problem is the laptops switching between battery and AC power, or maybe the computer sensing that it is idle ...