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February 28, 2009Feb 28, 200902/28/09How Can I Tell if I’m Running a Script on the 32-Bit or the 64-Bit Version of Windows Vista?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to tell if the version of Windows Vista I am running a script on is 32 bit or 64 bit.
February 26, 2009Feb 26, 200902/26/09Hey, Scripting Guy! I know I can use the DNS WMI provider and query a DNS server. But what if I am not using a Microsoft DNS server? Or what if I do not have admin rights on the DNS server?
February 25, 2009Feb 25, 200902/25/09Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to create several new zones in DNS, and I do not want to waste time working through the GUI wizard. I mean, real network administrators do not use wizards. In the old days, this was easy: I’d just edit a .dns file and I’d be done.
February 24, 2009Feb 24, 200902/24/09Hey, Scripting Guy! We are adding some new Exchange Servers to our messaging infrastructure, and I want to create some new MX (Mail Exchanger) records in DNS. I do not want to to create these records manually because carpal tunnel is not my friend and manual creation tends to introduce errors.
February 23, 2009Feb 23, 200902/23/09Hey, Scripting Guy! We are having name resolution issues at work. It is so bad that when my wife calls me, the guy in the other cube gets the call. This manifests itself in concrete ways as well. Opening Office Outlook seems to take forever;
