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How Can I Save a Table in an Access Database as a Spreadsheet?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I save a table in an Access database as an Excel spreadsheet?— OT Hey, OT. You know, we appreciate the question, but where were you last week, when we really needed you?...
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How Can I Import an Excel Spreadsheet Into an Access Database?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I import an Excel spreadsheet into an Access database?— IE Hey, IE. Wait! Don’t tell us; let us guess. Just a moment … we’re picking up the vibrations now … the sensation...
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How Can I Configure an Expiration Date for a Local User Account?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure an expiration date for a local user account?— GW Hey, GW. You know, it’s amazing how quickly things change in the fast-paced world of system administration...
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How Can I Let Users Choose a Default Printer From a List of Printers?
Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, how can I enable users to choose a default printer from a list of the printers installed on their computer?— JD Hey, JD. You know, a lot of people write in to...
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How Can I Tell Whether a Laptop Computer is Running Off Batteries?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether a laptop computer is running off batteries?— TJ Hey, TJ. Ah, yes: batteries. Back in December the Scripting House lost power for six days. Was the Scripting...
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How Can I Filter Outlook Messages By Email Address?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I read your article on filtering email messages in Microsoft Outlook, and it’s almost what I need, but not quite. What I really need to know is this: how can I filter Outlook...
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How Can I Get a List of All the Users Who Have a Process Open on a Computer?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the users who have a process open on a computer? — RE Hey, RE. You know, over the past 5 years the number of people who watch the news on the major...
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How Can I Remove the Password When Opening an Excel Spreadsheet?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I remove the password when opening an Excel spreadsheet?— JE Hey, JE. You know, it’s finally happened: after two-and-a-half years of writing this column we’ve finally run...
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How Can I Map Drive X on a Computer, But Only If Drive X isn’t Already in Use?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I map drive X on a computer, but only if drive X isn’t already in use?— PN Hey, PN. You know, this is almost too good to be true (but, sadly, it is true). The Scripting Guy...
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How Can I Read the Contents of a Text File and Then Declare the Contents as...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I read the contents of a text file, and then declare those contents as variables?— TC Hey, TC. Before we begin, did you really ask us this question? We’re positive that you...
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How Can I Tack a Prefix Onto the Telephone Numbers of All the Users in My...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tack a prefix onto the telephone numbers of all the users in my domain?— JB Hey, JB. It’s Monday morning as this column is being written, and the Scripting Guy who...
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How Can I Tell Which Version of QuickTime is Installed on a Computer?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether or not QuickTime is installed on a computer, and, if so, which version is installed?— IU Hey, IU. You know, for some reason this column suddenly seems to...
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How Can I Get a List of All the Local Users Who Have an Expiring Password?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the local users who have an expiring password?— JM Hey, JM. Thanks for the question. Before we answer it, however, we have a question for you: you don’t...
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How Can I Write a Script That Increments a Counter Each Time a Log File is...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that increments a counter each time a particular log file gets updated?— HJ Hey, HJ. You know, lately the Scripting Guy who writes this column has been...
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How Can I Replace the First Five Characters in a Text File With the First...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I open a text file and replace the first 5 characters with the first 5 characters of the local computer name?— EC Hey, EC. You know, you might find this hard to believe...
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How Can I Get the Command Window to Stay Open When I Right-Click a Script and...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the command window to stay open when I right-click a .VBS file and choose Open With Command Prompt??— BB Hey, BB. You know, according to BB’s email signature, he’s 9...
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How Can I Sort a Row in an Excel Spreadsheet?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I sort a row in an Excel spreadsheet?— RF Hey, RF. You know, this is a tough question, but as a resident of the state of Washington the Scripting Guy who writes this column...
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How Can I Start a Process and Then Log the User Off When That Process Ends?
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that starts a process, waits until that process ends, and then logs the user off the computer?— AG Hey, AG. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this...
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How Can I Assign a Background Color to Cells in a Spreadsheet and Then “Sum”...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I assign a background color (based on a specified value) to a spreadsheet cell and then “sum” those cells?— JC Hey, JC. Thanks for the question. And yes, you heard...
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How Can I Remove the First Five Lines From All the Log Files in a Folder?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have about 400 log files in a folder. I need to go in and remove the first 5 lines from each of those log files. How can I write a script to do that?— JW Hey, JW. Before we begin...
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