The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Add a Domain Group to the Local Administrators Group?

September 23, 2005 Sep 23, 2005 09/23/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a domain group to the local Administrators group?-- SS(image) (image) (image) Hey, SS. You know, people think of the Scripting Guys as striding powerfully through the world of system administration scripting, confident, almost-arrogant in the knowledge that they can meet any challenge thrown at ...

How Can I Monitor the Activity Level of a Process?

September 22, 2005 Sep 22, 2005 09/22/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I monitor the activity of a process to see if anyone is using it?-- AJ(image) (image) (image) Hey, AJ. You know, this is one time when writing the script is actually the easy part of the answer. Although there are a couple different ways to do this, we opted to periodically check the cumulative amount of...

How Can I List All the Groups in an OU?

September 21, 2005 Sep 21, 2005 09/21/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the groups in an OU?-- MK(image) (image) (image) Hey, MK. You know, sometimes people ask us a question and then immediately apologize for having asked it, believing that the question is “way too easy for you guys.” In turn, that seems to imply that the Scripting Guys aren’t really guys ...

How Can I Copy Column C of One Worksheet to Column A of a Second Worksheet?

September 20, 2005 Sep 20, 2005 09/20/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy column C of one worksheet to column A of a second worksheet?-- JP(image) (image) (image) Hey, JP. Well, that’s easy: you just open Excel, highlight column C, press Ctrl+C, put the cursor in column A1 of the second worksheet, and then press Ctrl+V. There you go, and thanks for your question. Oh, ...

How Can I Specify a Window Size for My HTA?

September 19, 2005 Sep 19, 2005 09/19/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I specify a particular window size for my HTA?-- RN(image) (image) (image) Hey, RN. We can’t speak for Dear Abby, Ann Landers or any other daily columnist, but the Scripting Guys are always on the lookout for a question that can be answered using a single line of code. That’s the Holy Grail for daily...

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