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

January 24, 2006 Jan 24, 2006 01/24/06
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I display the IP addresses associated with a given MAC address?-- NK(image) (image) (image) 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 ...

How Can I Determine if a Particular Patch is Installed?

September 30, 2005 Sep 30, 2005 09/30/05
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to determine if a particular patch has been installed?-- GM(image) (image) (image) Hey, GM. You know, not too long ago this would have been a question we might have “accidentally” dropped in the wastebasket and pretended never to have seen. Why? Well, back in the old days the only way ...

How Can I Determine When the Last Patch From Windows Update was Applied?

August 24, 2005 Aug 24, 2005 08/24/05
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine when the last patch from Windows Update was applied?-- JP(image) (image) (image) Hey, JP. You know, you picked a good time to ask this question; that’s because we just published a Tales from the Script column that introduces scripters to the Windows Update object model, and provides a ...