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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert a Wingding symbol into a Word document?-- RC Hey, RC. In case you’re wondering, there were two reasons why we decided to answer your question. First, we just liked the phrase insert a Wingding symbol. (No, we don’t know why we liked it, we just did.) Second - and by far most important - this is an easy one, o...

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! You’ve shown us how to search a text file for a single word or phrase, but how can I search a text file for two phrases? I need to know if a file contains either Windows 2000 or Windows XP.-- JR Hey, JR. You know, it’s hard enough to get the Scripting Guys to do one thing; getting them to do two things would seem to be well-n...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if a date falls within a specified time period?-- JW Hey, JW. By amazing coincidence on our way to work this morning we heard two different commercials, from two different companies, touting “Christmas in July.” That prompted us to answer your question as soon as we got to the office. After all, if these compan...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an application that installs a WMI class named UIDLightInfo. That class includes a property named UIDLightState. How can I tell whether or not I can change the value of this property?-- JC Hey, JC. You know, we once reviewed a scripting course where the authors continually dealt with the question, “How do I know if I ...