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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the desktop wallpaper to one of six pre-defined selections?-- SB Hey, SB. You know, when the Scripting Guy who writes this column first sat down to tackle this problem he thought he had a really cool solution for you. Recently this Scripting Guy read about Johannes Trithemius, a Benedictine monk from the 140...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a file that has IP addresses and server names on each line. How can I delete the IP addresses, leaving just the server names?-- RR Hey, RR. In case you’re wondering, as we’re writing today’s column temperatures are still right around freezing and there’s still snow and ice everywhere you look. Admittedly, many of you a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Office Excel’s default file path to a user’s home directory?-- LL Hey, LL. We hope that the script we’re about to show you will answer your question; if it doesn’t, you might have to wait awhile before we can get back to you on it. That’s because the Scripting Guy who writes this co...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the groups in a Windows NT 4.0 domain?-- MN Hey, MN. It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the USA, and, normally, you’d expect the Scripting Guy who writes this column to start things off by relating some irrelevant anecdote about Dr. King. Oddly enough, however, the Scripting Guy who writes...

Hey, Scripting Guy! On a Windows 2000 computer, how can I subtract days from a UTC date-time value?-- KP Hey, KP. Yes, we do blame all of this on Scripting Guy Dean Tsaltas. The Scripting Guy who writes this column has known Dean for six years now, and Dean has spent those entire six years complaining about the weather in the Seattle area. Not b...