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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I verify that none of my local user accounts have a blank password?-- TB Hey, TB. To begin with, we should point out that at least some of you won’t need to make this check on computers within your domain; that’s because you’re using password policies in the domain that would prohibit the use of a blank password. (For...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Word’s default file location to be the user’s home directory?-- LD Hey, LD. Ah, memories. There was a period of time when it seemed like every question we answered in this column was a two-part question: we’d always find ourselves doing things like showing people how to do task 1 (retrieve the user’s home direct...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! In one of my scripts I display an HTML page with information that I want my users to read. When they’re finished reading that page, they should be able to press a key and have the Web page disappear. However, instead of the Web page disappearing they get a message box with this message: “The Web page you are viewing is t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the files in a folder, ordered by creation date?-- CL Hey, CL. You know, if we were ambitious and hard-working, we’d sit down and write you a script that uses WMI to return all the files in a folder. That script would grab information about all those files and store that data in a disconnected recordset. We...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to determine if a particular patch has been installed?-- GM Hey, GM. You know, not too long ago this would have been a question we might have “accidentally” dropped in the wastebasket and pretended never to have seen. Why? Well, back in the old days the only way to get information about patches, hot fix...