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Don't Let Daylight Saving Time Sneak Up on You

By simply double-clicking GetDLSDates.vbs, you can get a reminder of when daylight saving time begins and ends in the current year. Without having to change any code, this script will work the same year after year.
By Jim Turner 

Gathering File System Data

Here's a scripted solution using the FileDB object that will help you build a database of files based on the backup job's backup selection (.bks) file.
By Bill Stewart 

Painless Profile Migration

If you need to migrate many profiles or need to migrate profiles on remote machines, you'll want to check out the ProfileBackup solution.
By Simon Zeltser 

Using URLs in Batch Files

Batch files are a handy way to launch frequently visited Web sites, but you need to know a few caveats to work around how batch files handle special characters in the URLs.
By Alex K. Angelopoulos 

Rem

This month, Bill Stewart shows you how to use an object to return a WMI method's results so that the method works with JScript.
By Bill Stewart 

Daylight Saving Time Is Changing in 2007

The US government's Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended the dates for daylight saving time in the United States. Here are the changes that will occur starting next year.
By Jim Turner