Scripting Blog [archived]

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August 2004 - Page 2 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Why Doesn't My Search Return All My User Accounts?

August 24, 2004 Aug 24, 2004 08/24/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to pull a list of all my users out of Active Directory. I’m using ADO to search for these users, but no matter what I do I can only get 1,000 user names, even though we probably have 10 times that many user accounts. What could I be doing wrong?-- MC, Athens, GA(image) (image) (image) Hey, MC. Boy, ...

How Can I Determine Which Groups a User Belongs To?

August 20, 2004 Aug 20, 2004 08/20/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In my logon script, how can I find out which Active Directory groups a user belongs to? -- JB, Montpelier, VT(image) (image) (image) Hey, JB. This is pretty easy to do in a logon script: So what’s going on here? Well, we begin by using the ADSystemInfo object to determine the distinguished name of the logged-on ...

How Can I Determine if a Folder Exists on a Computer?

August 19, 2004 Aug 19, 2004 08/19/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to determine whether or not a specific folder exists on a computer?-- RP, Umatilla, OR(image) (image) (image) Hey, RP. There are a couple ways of doing this, depending on whether you are looking for the folder on the local computer or on a remote computer, and depending on whether or not you know ...

How Can I Determine How Long It Takes a Script to Run?

August 18, 2004 Aug 18, 2004 08/18/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there a good way to time how long it takes for a script to run? -- BN, Montreal, Canada (image) (image) (image) Hey, BN. Probably the easiest way to do this is to let the script time itself. To accomplish that feat, set the first line of the script to this: This code simply sets the value of the variable ...