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Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to create an ODBC Data Sources Name (DSN) on the fly and then remove it when done?-- KC Hey, KC. Is it possible to create and then delete an ODBC DSN? To tell you the truth, we weren’t entirely sure. As it turns out, however the answer is this: as long as you’re willing to write a script that modifies the regis...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether a value exists in the registry on a remote computer?-- AL Hey, AL. Full disclosure time: even though we go by the name The Scripting Guys, we don’t claim to know everything there is to know about scripting. This question is a good example of that. When we first read it we thought, “Well, obviously there...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I tried writing a script to read data from the registry, but I keep getting this error:   Do you have any idea what's wrong? I'm running Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1, and this is the code I'm using: -- LW, Omaha, NE Hey, LW. The error you are getting (80041010) means that the specified class (in this case, root...