August 2005 - Scripting Blog

How Can I Change a User’s Primary Group?

ScriptingGuy1 August 31, 2005 Aug 31, 2005 08/31/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change a user’s primary group?-- AS Hey, AS. You know, one of the Scripting Guys knows how to make an incredibly rich rocky road brownie, a brownie that’s topped with melted marshmallows and walnuts and chunks of dark chocolate and all sorts of other good stuff. Now, some people might ask whether or not, in...

How Can I Increment the Last Line in a Text File?

ScriptingGuy1 August 30, 2005 Aug 30, 2005 08/30/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I increment the last line in a text file; that is, if the last line is 1, indicating we’ve done one backup, I need to increment it to 2, indicating that we’ve now done a second backup.-- TH Hey, TH. If you’ve ever been to a carnival then you’ve no doubt been tempted by some of the sideshow games. Throw a ...

How Can I Get a List of All the Users Whose Passwords Never Expire?

ScriptingGuy1 August 29, 2005 Aug 29, 2005 08/29/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the users whose passwords never expire?-- NW Hey, NW. As you probably know, Internet gambling is illegal in the USA. That’s too bad, because if it wasn’t we’d be willing to bet $10 that the answer to your question will be this: search Active Directory. And as much as we hate to say “We...

How Can I Determine the 20 Largest Files on a Computer?

ScriptingGuy1 August 26, 2005 Aug 26, 2005 08/26/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the 20 largest files on a computer?-- PW Hey, PW. Having recently returned from a vacation in Europe, the Scripting Guy who writes this column now understands that there are different ways to do things. Some of these would be difficult to adjust to on a regular basis: for example, ordering a soft ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Find All the Users with Remote Access Permissions?

ScriptingGuy1 August 25, 2005 Aug 25, 2005 08/25/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find all the users with remote access permissions; that is, all those with the Dial-In or VPN property set to Allow? -- RC Hey, RC. You know, it seems like people are always looking for something: true love, happiness, the meaning of life. We can’t ...

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August 2005 - Scripting Blog

How Can I Change a User’s Primary Group?

How Can I Increment the Last Line in a Text File?

How Can I Get a List of All the Users Whose Passwords Never Expire?

How Can I Determine the 20 Largest Files on a Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Find All the Users with Remote Access Permissions?

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