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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve the Subject property for a .MSI file?-- J L-G 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 Championship Series” as being an...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the version of DirectX installed on a computer?-- ML 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 important issue we need to address: quicksa...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the text for the Marquee screen saver?-- SJ 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 turn, has pretty much left the entir...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I enable Windows XP’s System Restore using a script?-- RL 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. A question about enabling System Restor...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if I have any Internet Explorer windows open to a particular Web site?-- N 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 each other’s phone conversations. This ha...