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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I disable the Keep Printed Documents attribute on a printer?-- JJ Hey, JJ. You didn’t mention which operating system you’re trying to do this on, but we hope it’s a Windows XP or Windows Servers 2003 computer. Why? Well, on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 machine, this is easy; on any other version of Windows it’s...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I know that when I run a script I can use code to determine whether the script is running under WScript or CScript. What I can’t figure out is this: how can I determine the default script host on a computer before I run a script?-- AT Hey, AT. You know, it’s not very often that people completely stump the Scripting Guys; howe...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Sometimes I type commands in the Run dialog box that I’d like to retrieve later on. I know the most recent commands I used are cached somewhere; that’s because they show up when I start typing in the Run dialog box. How can I use a script to retrieve these commands?-- KJ Hey, KJ. You know, our first thought upon reading your ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! My daughter has a flash-card style program that gets its list of words from a text file. How can I write a script that will open that file and automatically shuffle the list of words?-- SN Hey, SN. You know, for the most part we try to keep this column focused on practical system administration tasks: we tell you how to set d...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the users who have an alternate recipient (altRecipient)?-- SA Hey, SA. You know, one of the great things about being a Scripting Guy is that we don’t ever have to know what we’re talking about; all we do have to know is how to write a script that does whatever it is you ask us to do and everyone’s...