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Close the Performance Gap
One of the most difficult and emotionally draining situations you face as business owners or executives is employees not meeting your expectations. How can you handle it if they are not keeping up their end of the employee contract?Begin by taking a look at your team. Do you have the right people? Before you hire someone, think about the culture of your company, the team that you already have in place and your particular style of management. If you have a very structured environment, then you’ll want to hire people who can fit in to your more disciplined atmosphere. If you have a very entrepreneurial company then you’ll want people wh

'Get Binary value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "Binary Test"
objRegistry.GetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName,arrValues
For Each strValue In arrValues
Wscript.Echo strValueName & " = " & strValue
Next

'Delete Binary value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "Binary Test"
objRegistry.DeleteValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName

'Set DWORD value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "DWORD Test"
intValue = 123
objRegistry.SetDWORDValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,

Dog Trainer To The Stars
Imagine having a calm and obedient dog. He doesn't yelp at every little noise or bite you forcefully because he "thinks" you're playing with him. He's also friendly, but respectful and can basically understand what he needs to do each day. Oh, the sheer bliss of it all! Now imagine that you were able to bestow this excellent behavior upon your beloved pet and those of countless others each day. That's what Tyson Kilmer does. For a living. For celebrities.Tyson, 37, has had a love for animals ever since the day he was born. It's no wonder he has immersed himself in an animal career. Growing up on a farm, this celebrity dog trainer learned how to sp

The script below demonstrates the write, read and deletion for each type of value in the Windows registry.

The registry value types are:

String (REG_SZ): A fixed-length text string.
Binary (REG_BINARY): Raw binary data. Most hardware component information is stored as binary data and is displayed in Registry Editor in hexadecimal format.
DWORD (REG_DWORD): Data represented by a number that is 4 bytes long (a 32-bit integer). Many parameters for device drivers and services are this type and are displayed in Registry Editor in binary, hexadecimal, or decimal format.
Multi-String (REG_MULTI_SZ): A multiple string. Values that contain lists or multiple values in a form that people can read are generally this type. Entries are separated by spaces, commas, or other marks.
Expandable String (REG_EXPAND_SZ): A variable-length data string. This data type includes variables that are resolved when a program or service uses the data.

Option Explicit

Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Const HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = &H80000005

Dim strComputer
Dim objRegistry
Dim strKeyPath
Dim strValueName
Dim strValue
Dim arrValues
Dim intValue

strComputer = "."

Set objRegistry=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!" & strComputer & "rootdefault:StdRegProv")

'Create Key
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
objRegistry.CreateKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath

'Set String value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "String Test"
strValue = "123"
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue

'Get String value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "String Test"
objRegistry.GetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue
Wscript.Echo strValueName & " = " & strValue

'Delete String value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "String Test"
objRegistry.DeleteValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName

'Set Binary value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "Binary Test"
arrValues = Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
objRegistry.SetBinaryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName,arrValues

'Delete Binary value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "Binary Test"
objRegistry.DeleteValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName

'Set DWORD value
strKeyPath = "Registry Test"
strValueName = "DWORD Test"
intValue = 123
objRegistry.SetDWORDValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,

Fancy A Change Of Career - Why Not Try Carbon Coaching
What is a carbon coach?In July 2005 I left a near perfect job, Director of a successful consultancy (ABS consulting) to set up in business as The Carbon Coach. My mission (and it is mission possible!) is to coach celebs and influential individuals: to help them prosper and feel good by shrinking their lifestyle carbon footprint for real (the tonnage of carbon dioxide emissions that their households travel and energy is responsible for.) I hold their hand while they change a (energy efficient) light bulb!How does it work?I aim to rapidly raise peoples awareness of their direct carbon impacts on the environment. The people I coach a

>Multi-String (REG_MULTI_SZ): A multiple string. Values that contain lists or multiple values in a form that people can read are generally this type. Entries are separated by spaces, commas, or other marks.

Expandable String (REG_EXPAND_SZ): A variable-length data string. This data type includes variables that are resolved when a program or service uses the data.