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Masking Passwords in Windows Scripts

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

“Is there any way to mask the passwords that my users enter when running my Windows Scripts?” - Steve. P
Password masking is a method of hiding a user’s keyboard input so that another person cannot see what’s being typed on screen. This security measure helps to ensure that “shoulder surfers” can’t gain passwords by […]

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Controlling When VBScript Events Are Handled

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

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“Hey, Windows Guru. How can I make it so that my VBScript event routines are only executed after a certain point in my script?” - Sam M.
Sam, you’ve asked an awesome question that you probably won’t find much documentation for. However, I have a really cool solution for you.