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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change a service description?-- DD Hey, DD. Well, we hope you’re happy, DD. Now the Scripting Guy who writes this column will never be able to sleep again – and it’s all your fault! Sure, we’ll explain what we mean by that; after all, now that we are no longer able to sleep we have plenty of time for stuff like that...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the uptime of a service?-- JC Hey, JC. You know, if you could have seen the Scripting Guy who writes this column this morning you would have reconsidered asking him a question about uptime. Although he woke up in plenty of time, even turning off the alarm before it was due to sound, he had a … little … trouble a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the default buffer size for the command window?-- GO Hey, GO. You know, some of you might be wondering, “Why a daily scripting column? Why not, say, a daily scripting TV show?” That’s a good question, and there are a number of reasons for that. For one thing, there’s the fact that e...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the name of the last user to log on to a computer?-- SV Hey, SV. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this column never watches the news on TV. (OK, sports news being the one exception.) That’s not because he doesn’t like to keep up with current events, it’s just because – well, let&rsq...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I start a process and then wait until that process quits before terminating the script?-- FG Hey, FG. Before we answer your question, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has a confession to make: he’s the one who ruined Christmas for everyone. Not that he meant to, mind you, but that doesn’t matter; all that matter...