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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I List All the User Profiles on a Computer?

June 3, 2005 Jun 3, 2005 06/3/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the user profiles on a computer? -- GN (image) Hey, GN. You want to know a secret? We hate questions about user profiles. It’s not that we have anything against user profiles. The problem is that user profiles represent an important part of a system administrator’s duties, and ...

How Can I Change the “Copy Music to This Location Folder” in Windows Media Player?

May 27, 2005 May 27, 2005 05/27/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the Copy music to this location folder in Windows Media Player?-- BD(image) (image) (image) Hey, BD. You know, a lot of people think that the reason we Scripting Guys don’t do very much work is because we’re just plain lazy. Those people are right. However, what we tell our bosses is this: ...

How Can I Make Internet Explorer Check for a New Version Each Time I Visit a Web Page?

May 6, 2005 May 6, 2005 05/6/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I make sure that Internet Explorer 6 checks for a new version on each visit to a Web page?-- MD(image) (image) (image) Hey, MD. In baseball lingo we’d call this a can of corn: a lazy fly ball we couldn’t possibly drop. This is a tricky little question but for some strange reason we just happened to ...