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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I remotely start an interactive process?-- IS Hey, IS. Well, the short answer is this: you can’t, at least not on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. On those two versions of Windows any processes started remotely run in a hidden window: those processes can’t be interactive because the user will never see them. The pro...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the uptime for a server?-- LF Hey, LF. This is an easy one. After all, we’re assuming you’re talking about a Windows server, and Windows servers never go down, right? Therefore, the uptime must be forever. Problem solved. Well, OK, we suppose that maybe a Windows server could go down (probably because a no...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve a list of the System DSNs on a computer?-- RT Hey, RT. You know, there’s an old Hollywood superstition that suggests that famous movie stars always die in threes: if a famous star dies today, then according to legend two more famous stars are doomed to die in the next week as well. We don’t know if that’s t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the date and time that a process started?-- BM Hey, BM. We’ve got good news for you: not only do we have an answer to your question, but we’re not going to bore everyone with any more stories regarding our Colt League All-Star team. Nope, we’re no longer haunted by the fact that, in a tie game, we had the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell which version of the .NET Framework is installed on a computer?-- MW Hey, MW. You know, every now and then people say to us, “Wow, you guys write a daily column about system administration scripting; you must be really smart.” We wish. The truth is, we write a daily column about system administration because we...