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Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to tell whether or not a server has rebooted?-- MvdM Hey, MvdM. We’re assuming that you’re performing a task and, at the end of the task, the computer is supposed to reboot. Needless to say, you want to know, “Well, did the server reboot?” How can you tell whether the machine restarted or not? The easiest way i...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I be notified any time a service goes down?-- RN Hey, RN. As usual, there are a couple different ways you can do this, but perhaps the simplest approach is to create a script that monitors WMI events. We don’t have time to do a detailed explanation of WMI events in this column, but the basic idea is that you can ask WMI...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I enumerate all the objects in an Active Directory OU?-- RB Hey, RB. By the way, thanks: it’s always nice to get an easy question every once in awhile! Enumerating all the objects in an OU is almost embarrassingly-simple: by default, any time you bind to an OU using ADSI you automatically get back a collection of all th...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need my script to prompt users to enter some information, like the name of the file they want to create. How do I do that?-- RW, Williamsport, PA Hey, BN. The simplest - and most foolproof - way to do this is to use an InputBox; when you do that users will be presented with a graphical dialog box similar to this: Displ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that does certain management tasks based on the day of the week. I know how get the date in a script, but how can I tell whether it’s a Monday or a Tuesday or whatever? -- CT, Tallahassee, FL Hey, CT. This is actually much easier then it might sound; that’s because VBScript has a built...