Script that will warn users after 9 minutes of idle

If i have a group policy to lock screen set for 10 minutes. what would be the best way to have a pop up or notification that will appear when the workstation is about to lock in 20 seconds
in order to help the users?
From what i can tell i can not implement the message part in group policy. I'm thinking some type of script that literally warns the user after 9 minutes and 40 seconds of idle time. Seems like the easiest way to do it would be in a log on script.
How should i go about doing this? Please advise

> Would I have to create the task on every client computer?
Basically: Yes. It's just a matter of HOW you create the task :)
I'd suggest using
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc725745.aspx
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Script that will help validate if there is any data loss after a DB restore

Hi,
I need to write a single script that will perform the following
operations:
1)return me the highy accessed tables across all databases.
2)List the count, Min and Max system date of the highy accessed tables returned from step 1.
The idea is to validate if there is any data loss to the highly transactional tables after a database restore operation has been performed.
Thanks.

Hello,
I would also like you to see nice blog by Aron,you can modify the script a bit to change according to your need
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2008/05/06/when-was-my-database-table-last-accessed.aspx
Please mark this reply as the answer or vote as helpful, as appropriate, to make it useful for other readers
Hello Shanky,
The post would not be helpful too much for OP's requirement. The post was talking about when was the database last accessed. DMLs are not capturing in the script and also there will be many variant forms that can be applied for DML. Hence, I do not think,
the script would help too much.
Or Am I missing something?
Latheesh as i mentioed OP has to modify the script little bit may be add User_seek,user_update,user_scans.Still IMO there is no *perfect* way to actually analyze this.So I pointed out point in my original post.Also unless he has some timestamp he cannot
see min time when it was accessed ,max time can be taken from last user seek,scan,lookup time. Motive was to lethim know what he was trying to achieve cannot be axactly obtained by using sys.dm_index_usage_stats.Below query will give most accessed table
: Source (Query)
SELECT
t.name AS 'Table',
SUM(i.user_seeks + i.user_scans + i.user_lookups)
AS 'Total accesses',
SUM(i.user_seeks) AS 'Seeks',
SUM(i.user_scans) AS 'Scans',
SUM(i.user_lookups) AS 'Lookups'
FROM
sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats i RIGHT OUTER JOIN
sys.tables t ON (t.object_id = i.object_id)
GROUP BY
i.object_id,
t.name
ORDER BY [Total accesses] DESC
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I need a script that will find the computer a user last logged into.

I am still learning scripting, I need a script that will allow me to pull in usernames from a csv file. Find what computer they last logged into and output that to an csv file.
I have looked all over and can't find exactly what I need.
I found the following script but I need to add the resuitsize unlimited but can not figure out where to put it we have a large environment. Also I need to be able to grab username from a csv file. Any assistance you can provide is appreciated.
## Find out what computers a user is logged into on your domain by running the script
## and entering in the requested logon id for the user.
## This script requires the free Quest ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory
## snapin http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx
Add-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
# Retrieve Username to search for, error checks to make sure the username
# is not blank and that it exists in Active Directory
Function Get-Username {
$Global:Username = Read-Host "Enter username you want to search for"
if ($Username -eq $null){
Write-Host "Username cannot be blank, please re-enter username!!!!!"
Get-Username}
$UserCheck = Get-QADUser -SamAccountName $Username
if ($UserCheck -eq $null){
Write-Host "Invalid username, please verify this is the logon id for the account"
Get-Username}
get-username resultsize unlimited
$computers = Get-QADComputer | where {$_.accountisdisabled -eq $false}
foreach ($comp in $computers)
$Computer = $comp.Name
$ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
$Reply = $null
$Reply = $ping.send($Computer)
if($Reply.status -like 'Success'){
#Get explorer.exe processes
$proc = gwmi win32_process -computer $Computer -Filter "Name = 'explorer.exe'"
#Search collection of processes for username
ForEach ($p in $proc) {
$temp = ($p.GetOwner()).User
if ($temp -eq $Username){
write-host "$Username is logged on $Computer"

If you are querying by user "resultset size" will be of no use.
You also have functions that are never used and the body code doe snot look for users.
Here is what you scrip looks like if printed well. It is just a jumble of pasted together and unrelated items.
## Find out what computers a user is logged into on your domain by running the script
## and entering in the requested logon id for the user.
## This script requires the free Quest ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory
## snapin http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx
Add-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
# Retrieve Username to search for, error checks to make sure the username
# is not blank and that it exists in Active Directory
Function Get-Username {
$Global:Username = Read-Host "Enter username you want to search for"
if ($Username -eq $null) {
Write-Host "Username cannot be blank, please re-enter username!!!!!"
Get-Username
$UserCheck = Get-QADUser -SamAccountName $Username
if ($UserCheck -eq $null) {
Write-Host "Invalid username, please verify this is the logon id for the account"
Get-Username
get-username resultsize unlimited
$computers = Get-QADComputer | where { $_.accountisdisabled -eq $false }
foreach ($comp in $computers) {
$Computer = $comp.Name
$ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
$Reply = $null
$Reply = $ping.send($Computer)
if ($Reply.status -like 'Success') {
#Get explorer.exe processes
$proc = gwmi win32_process -computer $Computer -Filter "Name = 'explorer.exe'"
#Search collection of processes for username
ForEach ($p in $proc) {
$temp = ($p.GetOwner()).User
if ($temp -eq $Username) {
write-host "$Username is logged on $Computer"
I suggest finding the original code then use the learning link at the top of this page to help you understand how it works in Powershell.
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Script that enables mail users and kicks out two csv files

I am working on a script that will mainly be used as a scheduled task to enabled mailuser by calling the update-recipient command.
But before it calls that command it will get for various issues that can cause errors.
Missing PrimarySMTP
Display name having a space at front or back.
The external email address being blank.
I have IF statements setup to check for those and then call a function that will save into an array the issue for that user.
Here is the script
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Enable-MailUsers Synced Mail Users in the Exchange environment
THIS CODE IS MADE AVAILABLE AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE
RISK OF THE USE OR THE RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THIS CODE REMAINS WITH THE USER.
Version .9, 30 June 2014
.DESCRIPTION
This script mail-enables Synced Mail Users and creates a CSV report of mail users that were enabled.
The following is shown:
* Report Generation Time
.PARAMETER SendMail
Send Mail after completion. Set to $True to enable. If enabled, -MailFrom, -MailTo, -MailServer are mandatory
.PARAMETER MailFrom
Email address to send from. Passed directly to Send-MailMessage as -From
.PARAMETER MailTo
Email address to send to. Passed directly to Send-MailMessage as -To
.PARAMETER MailServer
SMTP Mail server to attempt to send through. Passed directly to Send-MailMessage as -SmtpServer
.PARAMETER ScheduleAs
Attempt to schedule the command just executed for 10PM nightly. Specify the username here, schtasks (under the hood) will ask for a password later.
.EXAMPLE
Generate the HTML report
.\Enable-MailUsers.ps1 -SendMail -MailFrom [email protected] -MailTo [email protected] -MailServer ex1.contoso.com -ScheduleAs SvcAccount
#>
param(
[parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false,HelpMessage='Send Mail ($True/$False)')][bool]$SendMail=$false,
[parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false,HelpMessage='Mail From')][string]$MailFrom,
[parameter(Position=2,Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false,HelpMessage='Mail To')]$MailTo,
[parameter(Position=3,Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false,HelpMessage='Mail Server')][string]$MailServer,
[parameter(Position=4,Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false,HelpMessage='Schedule as user')][string]$ScheduleAs
# Sub Function to neatly update progress
function _UpProg1
param($PercentComplete,$Status,$Stage)
$TotalStages=5
Write-Progress -id 1 -activity "Mail enabled Objects" -status $Status -percentComplete (($PercentComplete/$TotalStages)+(1/$TotalStages*$Stage*100))
#Sub Function create ErrObject output
function _ErrObject{
Param($name,
$errStatus
If(!$err){
Write-Host "error detected"
$script:err = $True
$ErrObject = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
$Errobject | Add-Member -Name 'Name' -MemberType Noteproperty -Value $Name
$Errobject | Add-Member -Name 'Comment' -MemberType Noteproperty -Value $errStatus
$script:ErrOutput += $ErrObject
# 1. Initial Startup
# 1.0 Check Powershell Version
if ((Get-Host).Version.Major -eq 1)
throw "Powershell Version 1 not supported";
# 1.1 Check Exchange Management Shell, attempt to load
if (!(Get-Command Get-ExchangeServer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
if (Test-Path "D:\Exchsrvr\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1")
. 'D:\Exchsrvr\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1'
Connect-ExchangeServer -auto
} elseif (Test-Path "D:\Exchsrvr\bin\Exchange.ps1") {
Add-PSSnapIn Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin
.'D:\Exchsrvr\bin\Exchange.ps1'
} else {
throw "Exchange Management Shell cannot be loaded"
# 1.2 Check if -SendMail parameter set and if so check -MailFrom, -MailTo and -MailServer are set
if ($SendMail)
if (!$MailFrom -or !$MailTo -or !$MailServer)
throw "If -SendMail specified, you must also specify -MailFrom, -MailTo and -MailServer"
# 1.3 Check Exchange Management Shell Version
if ((Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
$E2010 = $false;
if (Get-ExchangeServer | Where {$_.AdminDisplayVersion.Major -gt 14})
Write-Warning "Exchange 2010 or higher detected. You'll get better results if you run this script from an Exchange 2010/2013 management shell"
}else{
$E2010 = $true
$localserver = get-exchangeserver $Env:computername
$localversion = $localserver.admindisplayversion.major
if ($localversion -eq 15) { $E2013 = $true }
#Get date
$filedate = get-date -uformat "%m-%d-%Y"
$filedate = $filedate.ToString().Replace("0", "")
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_UpProg1 1 "Getting User List" 1
#$Users = Get-mailuser -ResultSize unlimited -OrganizationalUnit "R0018.COLLABORATION.ECS.HP.COM/Accounts/AbbVienet/Users" | ?{$_.legacyexchangeDN -eq ""}
$i = 0
$output = @()
$errOutput = @()
$err = $False
#2 Process users
ForEach ($User in $Users){
$i++
_UpProg1 ($i/$Users.Count*100) "Updating Recipients" 2
If ($user.ExternalEmailAddress -eq $null){
_ErrObject $user.Name, "Missing External Email Address"
ElseIf($user.DisplayName -NotLike "* "){
_ErrObject $user.Name, "DisplayName contains a trailing space"
ElseIf($user.DisplayName -NotLike "_*"){
_ErrObject $user.Name, "DisplayName contains a Leading space"
ElseIf($user.PrimarySmtpAddress -eq $null){
_ErrObject $user.Name, "Missing Primary SMTP address"
Else{
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Set-Mailuser $User.Name -EmailAddressPolicyEnabled $false
#pass to Update-recipient
Update-Recipient $User.Name
$LEDN = Get-MailUser $User.Name | Select {$_.LegacyExchangeDN}
If ($LEDN -ne ""){
$object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
$X500 = "x500:" + $LEDN.'$_.LegacyExchangeDN'
$object | Add-Member -Name 'Name' -MemberType Noteproperty -Value $User.Name
$object | Add-Member -Name 'x500' -MemberType Noteproperty -Value $X500
$output += $object
#Creating CSVFile Output
_UpProg1 99 "Outputting CSV file 3" 3
$CSVFile = "c:\scripts\Mail-enable\Mailenabled_$((Get-Date).ToString('MM-dd-yyyy_hh-mm-ss')).csv"
If($err){
$ErrCSVFile = "c:\scripts\Mail-enable\ProblemUsers_$((Get-Date).ToString('MM-dd-yyyy_hh-mm-ss')).csv"
$errOutput | Select-Object Name, Comment | ConvertTo-CSV -NoTypeInformation > $ErrCSVFIle
$Output | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation > $CSVFile
if ($SendMail)
_UpProg1 95 "Sending mail message.." 4
If($err){
Send-MailMessage -Attachments $CSVFile,$ErrCSVFile -To $MailTo -From $MailFrom -Subject "Enable Mail Users Script" -BodyAsHtml $Output -SmtpServer $MailServer
Else{
Send-MailMessage -Attachments $CSVFile -To $MailTo -From $MailFrom -Subject "Enable Mail Users Script" -BodyAsHtml $Output -SmtpServer $MailServer
if ($ScheduleAs)
_UpProg1 99 "Attempting to Schedule Task.." 4
$dir=(split-path -parent $myinvocation.mycommand.definition)
$params=""
if ($SendMail)
$params+=' -SendMail:$true'
$params+=" -MailFrom:$MailFrom -MailTo:$MailTo -MailServer:$MailServer"
$task = "powershell -c \""pushd $dir; $($myinvocation.mycommand.definition) $params\"""
Write-Output "Attempting to schedule task as $($ScheduleAs)..."
Write-Output "Task to schedule: $($task)"
schtasks /Create /RU $ScheduleAs /RP /SC DAILY /ST 22:00 /TN "Enable Mail Users" /TR $task
The Problem is that when I look at the $errOutput I see things but when I pipe the $erroutput to convertTo-CSV I get this within the CSV file. I think its because I an calling a function to do the updating. But not sure.
Jeff C

Hi Jeff,
Any updates? If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know.
A little clarification to the script:
function _ErrObject{
Param($name,
$errStatus
If(!$err){
Write-Host "error detected"
$script:err = $True
$ErrObject = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
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$Errobject | Add-Member -Name 'Comment' -MemberType Noteproperty -Value $errStatus
$script:ErrOutput += $ErrObject
$errOutput = @()
_ErrObject Name, "Missing External Email Address"
$errOutput
_ErrObject Name "Missing External Email Address"
$errOutput
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IDCS6(MAC) 10.9.4 - a script that will make an anchored object and paste in clipboard contents

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So far I have:
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The line of code I added was:
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What am I doing incorrectly?
Colin

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Watch out what is selected after you added the rectangle.
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The following code will do the job.
However, if you use pasteInto() the pasted objects could be only partly visible inside the frame.
Depends on the size and position of the added rectangle relative to the original copied page items.
Make sure that you give the rectangle a proper size after or while you are adding it:
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Uwe

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Frank and All,
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Hello to all my fine Oracle related friends...We are all one large extended Family...
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Xevv Bellringer wrote:
Hi Ed,
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Some people from SQL Server backgrounds try and create and drop tables dynamically in their PL/SQL code, but this leads to problems...
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Wrote file afiedt.buf
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2    execute immediate 'create table my_temp (x number)';
3    insert into my_temp values (1);
4    execute immediate 'drop table my_temp';
5* end;
SQL> /
insert into my_temp values (1);
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-06550: line 3, column 15:
PL/SQL: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06550: line 3, column 3:
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Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 create or replace procedure my_proc is
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3    execute immediate 'create table my_temp (x number)';
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Procedure created.... which looks great and it compiles ok... but... when they try and run it...
SQL> exec my_proc;
BEGIN my_proc; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01722: invalid number
ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.MY_PROC", line 4
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Far better to never create tables (or most other database objects) at run time. Just create them once as part of the database design/implementation and use them as required, allowing you to catch the most common coding errors up front before they get anywhere near a test environment or worse still, a production environment.

VB or Powershell script that Authenticates a user in AD, and if successful will run a program

I am looking for a script Powershell or VB that will authenticate a user to a group in AD, and if successful, kick off cscript X:\Deploy\Scripts\LiteTouch.wsf
Any help would would be greatly appreciated

Hi,
Have you looked through the script repository yet?
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter
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[solved] pm-utils, how to run a script as logged-in user AFTER resume

All the scripts in /etc/pm/sleep.d are run as root. Is there any way for me to put a script such that it runs as my logged-in user AFTER all the scripts in /etc/pm/sleep.d. I tried putting su -c "command" - <username> but that doesn't have the full user environment, hence dbus session bus doesn't work yet.
EDIT: Solved: see solution by lucke below.
Last edited by ngoonee (2009-11-14 20:40:50)

It might help to know what command you're having trouble with--perhaps there's a better/easier way to execute it.
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Have a CS2 script that will not run in CS3. Can someone help?

I have a script that was written for me to find a certain paragraph style and replace the paragraph with an anchored text frame containing the text from the paragraph. I moved the script over to CS3 and updated the style names for my new document, but nothing happens when I try to run the script. I'll flow the script in after my opening post.

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myDoc = app.activeDocument
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app.findPreferences = app.changePreferences = null;
app.findPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myPstyle;
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function getParentTextFlow(theTextRef) {
// Returns reference to parent story or text of cell, as appropriate
if (theTextRef.parent.constructor.name == "Cell") {
return theTextRef.parent.texts[0];
} else {
return theTextRef.parentStory;
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var myAnchLocation = theText.insertionPoints[-2].index;
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myStory.recompose();
makeInchWide(myTF);
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theText.move(LocationOptions.atEnd, myTF.parentStory);
myAnchStory = myTF.parentStory;
theText.move(LocationOptions.atEnd, myAnchStory);
myAnchStory.texts[0].appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.item("Teaching Tip");
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makeInchWide(myTF);
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userVert = myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits;
myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.inches;
myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.inches;
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theObj.geometricBounds = myBounds;
myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = userHoriz
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Ok, I've spent days reading posts and googling for answers. I'm ready to spend $$ if I need to. We're all aware of how iMovie won't let us delete unwanted video. I'm trying to fix a wedding video some hack did in SVHS. I got it from DVD to Video_TS to DV using MPEG Streamline and imported the video clips to iMovie. (By "video clips", I am mean the DV files.)
There are 7 DV files from a 69-minute video. I am creating tons of smaller "clips" from these DV files - like 5 to 15-second clips - because I want to use transitions in between them.
My understanding of what's happening in iMovie as I do this is as follows:
- Let's say I begin with the first DV file that is 1.9 GB, about 10 minutes long.
- I create a 10-second clip from that by (a) selecting my start and end points, (b) clicking Edit>copy, (c) clicking on the clip pane, (d) clicking Edit>paste.
- Now I have a new 10-second clip.
- But! I also have 1.9 GB of unused video behind that clip, right?
- I repeat the process maybe 30 or 40 more times until I've edited the original 10-minute DV file (clip) and what do I have?
- Do I have 40 10-second clips each with 1.9 GB of unwanted video behind it??
As I said, with 7 DV files at 1.9 GB each that need to be sliced into multiple clips for transition effects, etc, this will shut down my MB quick. I've only done this with 3 DV files so far and I have 12 GB of HD space left. I will obviously not be able to finish the project this way. What a disaster!
So here's the million dollar question -- Is there ANY 3rd party software that will allow me to slice these DV files into small clips and permanently delete the unused video?
I don't care if I use something that "replaces" iMovie or something that works with iMovie. Like I said, I'm ready to spend the money to save the time, disk space, and aggravation. Note I worked in video production (many) years ago so I'm not afraid of something "technical" (editing concepts aren't new to me). However, I'm far from being an expert on what's out there these days.
I should also note that the original wedding video (DVD) did not have any chapters or anything of the sort. The ONLY way I can edit this is to import the entire file as it was converted to DV. It's not like I can import only the video I want to use. I hope that makes sense. I do not have access to the source video either - only this pathetic DVD he calls a wedding video.
Thanks in advance so much for any help. I never would've gotten this far without all the posts!
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- Do I have 40 10-second clips each with 1.9 GB of unwanted video behind it??
Not to worry. When we Copy and Paste within a project, iMovie HD creates a new clip thumbnail for the Timeline/Clips pane, then simply adds a new pointer to the source video. The source material is not duplicated.
When you Copy a clip and Paste a clip to a DIFFERENT project then Yes, the clip's entire source video file is duplicated. (When Copying between projects, be sure to Copy and Paste all the clips together so iMovie duplicates the source files just one time.)
Next time, you might consider setting your iMovie 6 preferences to limit the length of imported clips to 3 minutes — or whatever duration you want. Then each imported clip will have its own source file. When you discard an entire clip its file will be discarded too, shrinking the size of the project.
If you have no need to preserve the clips as clips you could export the project to a Full Quality movie that you import to a new project. Everything will arrive as a single clip, which may be okay here. Then discard your old project. The project will be smaller, containing just the stuff on the Timeline.
If the Timeline contains most of the source material — just split into small clips — there may not be a lot of "extra" material in the project. To get an estimate of how large the Timeline really is, open the "Timeline Movie.mov" that's inside the Cache folder of the project in QuickTime Player. QT Player's Show Movie Info window will show the size of the material it represents.
Karl

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I am using Frame 11. I have a registered script that looks for event notification Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML. When this event fires, the script is supposed to examine the root element (so I only edit appropriate XML files), then make some edits to the file. Specifically, I want to be able to delete empty pages, remove room for side heads, and fix table formatting (such as left indent, which I can't directly access, apparently, in the EDD or R/W rules). The snippet of code that starts doing the work follows:
Notification(Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML,true);
function Notify(note, object, sparam, iparam) {
    switch (note) {
        case Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML:
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            break;
function doTheWork() {
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        ...more code to do stuff....
I then check the root element name, and if it matches, I make some changes. This code works fine when run manually. But, when run as a registered script, the app.ActiveDoc object is invalid, and there is no structure to edit. (I added debug line if(!doc.ObjectValid()){alert("not valid");}, which is not included above.) It appears that the Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML event fires as soon as the XML file is opened, but BEFORE Frame actually reads it.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to work around this? Is there another event I could use instead of Constants.FA_Note_PostOpenXML? Is there any other way to automatically manipulate an XML file when it loads?
Thanks in advance

The Notify event receives four parameters: note, object, sparam, and iparam. For the event you are using, object should be the document object of the FrameMaker document being opened. So, you should be able to use this:
doTheWork(object);
Make sure you update your doTheWork function to receive the Doc object:
function doTheWork(doc) {
    var flow, root, elemName, mPageAttrib, topicElem, topicElemName, allAttribs;
    flow = doc.MainFlowInDoc;
    root = flow.HighestLevelElement; // will always get something even if unstructured document
    while(root.ObjectValid()) { //only do something for structured docs
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        ...more code to do stuff....
-Rick

In need of a script that will update tv shows on external hard-drive

Hi everyone I have a really specific question about scripts. Okay, so my dad regularly downloads various TV shows and movies etc
and I have a neighbor named Darian who once a week gives me an external hard drive and I update a whole bunch of TV shows. Now my problem is that each time he gives me the hard drive, it takes me about 20-30 mins to update all of the TV shows because they
are in different TV show folders, I was wondering if it is possible to make a script that when run would automatically copy all of the shows onto Darian's hard drive and then all I have to do is copy the movies which is pretty quick, here's another problem,
all of the movies and tv shows are not on my computer but on my dad's computer, so when I copy the stuff I have to access his pc through the network and I always have to type his username and password to access his pc, so if someone could tell me if it is
possible, the code I need and how to run it or pretty much any help, I would be very gratful, thanks in advance (:

The best we can do is point you at the resource page and let you figure out what it is you are trying to ask:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd793612.aspx
Rather than ask a whole shopping list of questions rey to figure out the first step that you need to take and ask a question about that..
I also believe that it would be good for you to get a book on how to use Windows in a home network. All of what you ask can be done without any scripts. It is all part of basic WIndows and is designed to make this possible and easy for home users
but you stil need to study how the system works.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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