#Echo jason walker one hour windows#
The problem we ran into is that we don’t fully understand Windows Vista licensing. After looking under the hood and jiggling a few wires we were able to come up with a way to determine the remaining grace period for Windows product activation however, we can’t say for sure how we came up with that solution, nor can we tell what it all means. That’s as true with scripting as it is with cars. Now, unlike most of the stories that appear in Hey, Scripting Guy! there’s actually a point to this one: sometimes you can fix something even if you don’t have the slightest idea what you’re doing. Not only did he make it home safe and sound that evening, but he never had problems starting the car again.
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Much to his surprise, the car started right up. And even then he might have assumed, “Well, that thing is probably supposed to be on fire.”įeeling the need to do something the Scripting Guy jiggled a few wires, closed the hood, and tried starting the car again. although, to tell you the truth, unless something was on fire he wouldn’t know the difference anyway. Not knowing what else to do he opened the hood and took a peek inside. To make matters worse, the Scripting Guy who writes this column knows even less about cars than he does about scripting. This, of course, happened to be one of those occasions: it was 2 o’clock in the morning, no one else was around, and his car wouldn’t start. At that time he was working as a sports writer, which occasionally meant working very late at night. You know, a number of years ago the Scripting Guy who writes this column came outside after work only to discover that his car wouldn’t start.
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the remaining operating system grace period for a computer running Windows Vista?