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May 9, 2005
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How Can I Create a Shortcut in My Network Places?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a shortcut in My Network Places?-- KP Hey, KP. You’ll have to excuse us if we sound a little out of breath; we’ve been running around like crazy looking for a complicated and highly-technical solution to this problem. It was only after we failed miserably in that quest that we began to think about what we wer...

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Oct 27, 2004
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How Can I Change the Screensaver Timeout Value?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I use a script to change the timeout value for the screensaver on a computer?-- JN Hey, JN. For some reason, Microsoft’s scripting technologies come up a little short any time you’re talking about Windows settings and components, things like screensavers, wallpaper, the Taskbar, the Start menu, etc. You can use WMI (in pa...

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