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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve time zone information for a computer?-- AL Hey, AL. You know, over the Thanksgiving Day weekend the Scripting Guy who writes this column took some time to think about his job, and to think of ways in which he could do that job even better. (Note to the Scripting Editor: Believe it or not, the Scripting Guy ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Given a time of day, is there an easy way to tell whether that’s a morning time or an evening time?-- HG Hey, HG. Can you feel the excitement in the year, that sense of anticipation, the crackling energy and the flow of adrenalin? That can only mean one thing: the annual Turducken Bowl is upon us. On the off-chance that some ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set the date and time on a computer?-- KM Hey, KM. Well, it’s true: today is the last day of TechEd IT Forum. That also means that, for the Scripting Guys, the party is over: tomorrow morning they hop on a plane and head back for home. And, needless to say, back to the real world: jobs, car payments, mortgages, fami...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which version of Windows Vista is installed on a computer?-- GC Hey, GC. You know, Microsoft is one of the largest and most successful companies the world has ever known. And yet, despite all our successes, we’re really no different than any anyone else: for example, from time-to-time we get a little jealo...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand that, in Windows Vista, I can write a script that will cause a scheduled task to immediately execute. How do I do that?-- KW Hey, KW. Before we answer today’s question, we’d like to take a moment to say a few things in memory of our colleague, Scripting Guy Dean Tsaltas. Not that Dean has died or anything; physic...