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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the date and time that a process started?-- BM Hey, BM. We’ve got good news for you: not only do we have an answer to your question, but we’re not going to bore everyone with any more stories regarding our Colt League All-Star team. Nope, we’re no longer haunted by the fact that, in a tie game, we had the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that will automatically share all the local printers on a computer?-- CD Hey, CD. You know, when we redid the Hey, Scripting Guy! archive we created a new category devoted exclusively to printing. When we started to fill out the archive pages, however, we discovered - much to our surprise - that we ha...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to rename a printer?-- SB Hey, SB. Well, if your printer is connected to a Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 print server we have bad news for you: you can’t rename a printer using a script, at least not using the technologies included in the operating system. (There might, or might not, be third-party too...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of the ODBC drivers that are installed on a computer?-- VV Hey, VV. This is one of those questions that end up driving us crazy. That’s because it: a) seems so simple and, b) appears as though there are a number of ways to get this information. For example, on our Windows XP computer we have no fewer than...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I correlate logical drives and physical disks?-- LB Hey, LB. We’ll make a deal with you: we’ll show you a script that can tell you which logical drives are found on which physical disks, and you promise not to say, “Wait, I don’t understand how this script works.” To tell you the truth, we’re not so sure that we under...