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How Can I Configure the Screensaver Used When No One is Logged On to a Computer?

March 8, 2006 Mar 8, 2006 03/8/06
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I recently downloaded your Script Center screensaver, and it works great as long as someone is logged on to the computer. However, when no one is logged on the computer uses a different screensaver. How can I get the computer to use the Script Center screensaver when no one is logged on?-- RF(image) (image) (image...

How Can I Log the Start Time and the End Time of the Screensaver?

February 10, 2006 Feb 10, 2006 02/10/06
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I log the start time and the end time of the screensaver?-- JS(image) (image) (image) Hey, JS. You know, one of the Scripting Guys (hey, who said “It must be Greg”?) is old enough to remember the days when screensavers first came out. Back then a script like this would have been meaningless: after ...

How Can I Determine the ADsPath for the Logged-On User?

November 3, 2005 Nov 3, 2005 11/3/05
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In my HTA, how can I determine the ADsPath for the logged-on user?-- AC(image) (image) (image) Hey, AC. You know, when you work at Microsoft people automatically assume that you spend your days in an ivory tower, totally removed from the day-to-day activities and needs of system administrators. To be honest, ...

How Can I Determine the Executable File Corresponding to a Shortcut?

December 8, 2004 Dec 8, 2004 12/8/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the executable file name corresponding to a .lnk shortcut file?-- AM(image) (image) (image) Hey, DE. We’re glad you asked this question; unlike some questions we get (like, “How do I use a script to disable File and Print Sharing on my Windows 2000 computers?”), this happens to be one ...