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Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/24/09)

July 24, 2009 Jul 24, 2009 07/24/09
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     Troubleshooting a VBScript Script That Reports All Software Installed on a Computer     Hey Scripting Guy! I am pretty new to use VBScript and seem to have hit a wall. I put together the script below to output a file containing all the software installed on a machine. Every time I run the script, I get an ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/17/09)

July 17, 2009 Jul 17, 2009 07/17/09
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  How Can I Query a Registry Value Remotely? I have a simple question: What is the equivalent to querying the MicrosoftIE_Summary WMI class in Windows Vista? I just need to get the version of Internet Explorer. One small problem though: The Windows PowerShell script is being run remotely from Windows Server 2003. I do not believe I can ...