Despite the fact that this is a Windows site, I often get questions that aren’t Windows related. For example, on several occasions I’ve received questions about clearing or resetting the parental control passcode on Sony’s PlayStation 2 (PS2) consoles. Since I’ve received the question on a number of occasions, I decided to go […]

I’ve seen this question several times over the past few weeks so I decided to sit down and find a solution. There’s a plethora of reasons why you might want to mute or unmute sound volume from within a WSH script. Until now, there’s been no viable solution.

I receive this question quite frequently by readers who want to know how to configure Apache to treat HTML files as if they were PHP. Parsing HTML files as PHP can be quite handy if you have a current HTML site that you’re moving over to PHP and you don’t want to have to […]

If you’re tired of being bothered by Windows Vista’s invasive User Account Control (UAC) prompts when attempting to run certain programs, then you’ll want to stop by TechRepublic’s IT Dojo and check out this video that shows you how to bypass those unwanted prompts.

“Is there any way to release and renew a dynamic IP address in WSH?” - Chris. F
Releasing and renewing dynamic IP addresses can be a very effective method of repairing a broken internet connection. Effectively, you are instructing your network adapter to request a new IP address from a DHCP server. While the […]

I get a lot of questions asking for a simple way to force a script to run in either cscript.exe or wscript.exe–and there are several reasons why you might want to force the use of one engine over another. Cscript.exe is a good choice whenever you want to have a console output or mask […]

“Hey, Windows Guru, how do you run Mac OSX on a PC. - Matt C.
Hey, Matt. Whether you’re looking for a more secure operating system on PC hardware or simply trying to set up a test bed for your applications, there could be several different reasons why you might want to find a way […]

“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 […]

“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.

“How can I read the contents of a Microsoft Word document using VBScript in WSH?” - Bill S.
Reading the contents of a Microsoft Word document in WSH is actually pretty simple. You can use any language you like with this method, but I’ll be using VBScript.