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How Can I Change the IP Address Assigned to a Computer?

March 29, 2006 Mar 29, 2006 03/29/06

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the IP address assigned to a computer?-- RW Hey, RW. To tell you the truth, this is a very difficult question for the Scripting Guys to answer. Not because this is a hard script to write; as you’ll see in a minute, it’s actually pretty easy. No, this is hard for the Scripting Guys because it involves...

How Can I Prevent a Computer from Using the LMHosts File?

February 24, 2006 Feb 24, 2006 02/24/06

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I prevent a computer from using the LMHosts file?-- MJ Hey, MJ. You know, this was an interesting one, at least for the Scripting Guys. Not because the script was hard to write; that was actually pretty easy. What was hard - at least for us - was to find the LMHosts setting in the Windows GUI; that’s something ...

How Can I Display the IP Addresses Associated with a Given MAC Address?

January 24, 2006 Jan 24, 2006 01/24/06

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I display the IP addresses associated with a given MAC address?-- NK Hey, NK. Before we answer your question we should take a moment to answer a related question. People often ask us, “If I have a MAC address can I write a script that will tell me which computer on my network is using that address?” ...