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Learn about the diverse ways you can use HTAs--this month, two feature articles highlight useful HTA scripts you can adapt for your own use. Plus, a JScript script returns useful user information, and more!

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2007
2006
December 2006
New Name and Format--The Ultimate Scripting Resource

November 2006
Painlessly Migrate User Profiles

October 2006
Reduce Your Downtime While Reading Uptime Reports

September 2006
A Taste of Scripting: You Can't Write Just One

August 2006
Are Your Scripts Protected?

July 2006
Run your systems administration scripts as services--an HTA makes it easy.

June 2006
Protect Your IGDs Against Hacker and Spyware Attacks

May 2006
Get the FAQs

April 2006
Add Menus to Your Scripts--It's Easy!

March 2006
Add Special Effects to Your HTA Applications

February 2006
Keep Your Replication Partners In Line

January 2006
Simplify Large-Scale Server Shutdowns

2005
December 2005
RunProgram.vbs Offers Remote Possibilities

November 2005
The Fantastic Five

October 2005
Registry Reading and Writing Made Simple

September 2005
Single-Line Scripts

August 2005
Get Hooked on HTAs

July 2005
File Management Made Easy

June 2005
Long Logons? Do the Two-Step

May 2005
Build Your Code Library

April 2005
Stop Procrastinating and Just Do It

March 2005
Script Attention-Grabbing Alerts

February 2005
Use Forfiles for File-Management Tasks

January 2005
Cool Command-Line Tools at a Cool Price

2004
December 2004
Scriptomatic 2.0 Is Here!

November 2004
End the Guessing Game and End Scripts the Easy Way

October 2004
Ping 2000 Nodes in Just 5 Minutes

September 2004
Scripting and Programming Languages Similar??!

August 2004
Take the Sting Out of Viruses and Worms

July 2004
Augment Your Argument Arsenal

June 2004
Use VBScript Plug-ins to Manipulate the File System

May 2004
Help Protect Your Computers from Viruses

April 2004
Take Advantage of Groups in Your Scripts

March 2004
Event-Driven Programming in Windows

February 2004
Managing Trusts in Windows Server 2003

January 2004
Creative Coding

2003
December 2003
Scripting with Command-Line Arguments and the GPMC

November 2003
Automate Three Tedious and Time-Consuming Tasks

October 2003
Configuring GPOs

September 2003
A Jam-Packed Issue

August 2003
Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

July 2003
System Inventories

June 2003
Command-Shell Scripting Tools

May 2003
Extracting and Formatting System Data

April 2003
Automate Enhanced Security

March 2003
Automating DNS Setup for New Web Sites

February 2003
List Processing

January 2003
Simplify Administration Tasks

2002
December 2002
Automate 4 Administrative Tasks

November 2002
Commands on Command

October 2002
Flatten Your Learning Curve

September 2002
Build Up Your Scripting Toolkit

August 2002
Two Approaches to Capturing a Script's Output

July 2002
Keep Tabs on Your Privileged Groups

June 2002
Call Them Anything You Like, But Just Call On Them

May 2002
Bulk Up Your Email System

April 2002
Stand Out from the Crowd

March 2002
Boost Your System's Virus Defenses

February 2002
Filling WSH's Gaps

January 2002
KISS Your Code

2001
December 2001
Drag and Drop

November 2001
Multitasking

October 2001
Strolling Down Win32 Paths

September 2001
Help Your Help Desk

August 2001
Grab Some Attention: Add Some Agents

July 2001
Beware of the Cookie Monster

June 2001
Create a Code Collection

May 2001
3 Ways to Trap and Handle Errors

April 2001
WMI and Perl: A Dynamic Duo

March 2001
Migration Done Right

February 2001
Are Your Service Accounts Vulnerable?

January 2001
Practical Usage of ADSI

2000
December 2000
Progressive Perl for Windows

November 2000
Take Advantage of Hidden Streams

October 2000
Notable Events

September 2000
Monitor the Execution of Your Scripts

August 2000
Customize Your Windows 2000 Active Desktop

July 2000
Runtime Code Evaluation

June 2000
Scripting Solutions with WSH and COM

May 2000
A Bird’s-Eye View

April 2000
Don’t Go Bug-Eyed

March 2000
Shell Scripting Primer

February 2000
The WAN Connection

January 2000
The Shortcut to Creating Shortcuts

1999
December 1999
A Class of Its Own

November 1999
The Magnificent Seven

October 1999
Obtain Input the Easy Way

September 1999
The Process Farm

August 1999
Real Solutions for Real Problems

July 1999
Don’t Get Mad, Get Busy

June 1999
Understanding VBScript

May 1999
The Poor Man’s Maintenance Utility

April 1999
KiXtart Isn’t Just for Logons Any More

March 1999
It's a Wonderful (But Dangerous) Life

February 1999
KiXtart Your Logons

January 1999
ADSI Primer

1998
December 1998
The Wonderful World of WSH

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