The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Apr 25, 2005

How Can I Configure a Computer to Use a Dynamically-assigned DNS Server?

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure a computer to use a dynamically-assigned DNS Server?-- JB Hey, JB. Ah, this question brings back memories. A couple years ago the Scripting Guys were faced with this same problem, and discovered the answer entirely by accident; in fact, if Greg was able to type a line of code without making a mistake the t...

Sep 14, 2004

Why Doesn't My Ping Script Run on Windows 2000 Computers?

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that pings a computer before it tries to connect to it. The script works fine on Windows XP, but doesn’t work at all on my Windows 2000 computers. Do you have any idea why?-- AK Hey, AK. As a matter of fact, we do have an idea why. Here’s a simplified version of your script, which pings the computer with the IP ...