The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I was looking at System Restore on my Windows Vista computer, and I had an idea. Wouldn’t it be great if I could script the collection of information for System Restore? I would like it to tell me how much disk space is being consumed, as well as when it is scheduled to run. I think you should write a script ...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which version of Windows Vista is installed on a computer?-- GC(image) (image) (image)
Hey, GC. You know, Microsoft is one of the largest and most successful companies the world has ever known. And yet, despite all our successes, we’re really no different than any anyone else: for example, ...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand that, in Windows Vista, I can write a script that will cause a scheduled task to immediately execute. How do I do that?-- KW(image) (image) (image)
Hey, KW. Before we answer today’s question, we’d like to take a moment to say a few things in memory of our colleague, Scripting Guy Dean Tsaltas. ...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the remaining operating system grace period for a computer running Windows Vista?-- LD(image) (image) (image)
Hey, LD. You know, a number of years ago the Scripting Guy who writes this column came outside after work only to discover that his car wouldn’t start. At that time he was working ...