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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Retrieve the Subject Property for a .MSI File?

January 10, 2007 Jan 10, 2007 01/10/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve the Subject property for a .MSI file?-- J L-G (image) (image) (image) Hey, J L-G. Before you ask, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has no comment on the January 8th Florida-Ohio State football game. That’s primarily because this Scripting Guy refuses to recognize the “Bowl ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Determine the Version of DirectX Installed on a Computer?

January 8, 2007 Jan 8, 2007 01/8/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the version of DirectX installed on a computer?-- ML (image) (image) (image) Hey, ML. How can you determine the version of DirectX installed on a computer? That’s an important question, and we’ll get to that in a moment. Before we do that, however, there’s an even more ...

How Can I Change the Text for the Marquee Screen Saver?

November 29, 2006 Nov 29, 2006 11/29/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the text for the Marquee screen saver?-- SJ(image) (image) (image) Hey, SJ. Greetings from the frozen wasteland formerly known as Redmond, WA. On Monday night a freak November snowstorm hit the Seattle area. However, instead of leaving behind snow it left behind an inch or so of ice; ice which, in...

How Can I Enable System Restore Using a Script?

November 2, 2006 Nov 2, 2006 11/2/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I enable Windows XP’s System Restore using a script?-- RL(image) (image) (image) Hey, RL. Thanks for the question; the Scripting Guy who writes this column is running way late today, the clock is ticking, and he was desperately in need of a question a he could answer without having to use a lot of code. ...

How Can I Tell if Any Internet Explorer Windows Are Open to a Particular Web Site?

September 15, 2006 Sep 15, 2006 09/15/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if I have any Internet Explorer windows open to a particular Web site?-- N(image) (image) (image) Hey, N. Before we begin the Scripting Guys would like to state, for the record, that we have never tried to obtain each other’s phone records nor have we ever even considered listening in on ...