August 2005

How Can I Enumerate All the Universal Groups in Active Directory?

ScriptingGuy1 August 17, 2005 Aug 17, 2005 08/17/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I enumerate all the universal groups in Active Directory?-- MW Hey, MW. You know, we’re glad you asked this question. Any time people talk about Active Directory then tend to talk about groups as if Active Directory had only one type of group. It doesn’t. Instead, there are six types of Active Directory ...

How Can I Monitor the Event Logs for the Occurrence of a Specific Event?

ScriptingGuy1 August 16, 2005 Aug 16, 2005 08/16/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I monitor the event logs for the occurrence of a specific event?-- JP Hey, JP. Why, you use an event log monitoring script, of course. (Yes, it’s hard to believe, but they really do pay us to come up with brilliant answers like that.) OK, maybe we should be a little more specific: you use an event log ...

How Can I Dynamically Populate a List Box in an HTA?

ScriptingGuy1 August 15, 2005 Aug 15, 2005 08/15/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! In my HTA, I would like to query a computer for a list of local user accounts, then dynamically create a list box containing those accounts. How can I do that?-- BN Hey, BN. You know, if you’d ever seen the Scripting Guys in … action … you’d think twice about asking us a question about doing things dynamically. ...

How Can I Change the Icon for an Existing Shortcut?

ScriptingGuy1 August 12, 2005 Aug 12, 2005 08/12/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the icon for an existing shortcut?-- DF Hey, DF. You know, the Scripting Guys (some of them, at least) are old enough to remember a time when you would never even think about changing an icon; after all, back in those days having any icon at all was considered cool. (And if you had flying toasters on top...

How Can I Determine the Beginning and Ending Date of the Previous Month?

ScriptingGuy1 August 11, 2005 Aug 11, 2005 08/11/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! Given a specific date, how can I determine the beginning and ending date of the previous month? In other words, given 8/11/2005, I need to get back 7/1/2005 and 7/31/2005.-- PH Hey, PH. You know, this was a tough question for us: after all, as Microsoft employees we’re always looking forward; we never look back. Last ...

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How Can I Enumerate All the Universal Groups in Active Directory?

How Can I Monitor the Event Logs for the Occurrence of a Specific Event?

How Can I Dynamically Populate a List Box in an HTA?

How Can I Change the Icon for an Existing Shortcut?

How Can I Determine the Beginning and Ending Date of the Previous Month?

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