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Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to parse the firewall log on my computer and find out the kinds of packets that are going out. You know, how many Web page packets, how many DNS lookups, how many pings. That kind of stuff. I figure that I can look at these logs and pick up diagnostic information. For example, if I see a bunch of DNS queries going...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I love the Windows Firewall. I think it is really cool. The fact that it is a low-maintenance tool is sweet, but every once in a while, I would like to look over the log files and see what is going on. In particularly, I want to know about what packets are being dropped by the firewall. Can you help me?- DC Hi DC, Did you eve...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have this tab-delimited file that was produced by a report from an old database application. All it knows how to do is make a tab-delimited file. I hate this format, and our other applications do too. I have been opening the thing in Notepad and trying to find and replace tabs with commas, but Notepad does not seem to do a g...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder full of text files that have user contact information. I think these files were produced by an old database backup. I have to create a phone directory from these files; I thought about trying to read each file and copy just the fourth line from each of the files. Unfortunately, in some of the files the phone num...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to chase down a problem I have on my computer. Every so often, it just quits responding. I think it may be trying to talk to Elvis or commune with E.T. Perhaps if I point my finger and say, "E.T. gone home" in a raspy drone-like voice it would cease and desist all illogical activities and begin to listen to me. Any...