Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add additional worksheets to an Excel workbook? By default you get 3 worksheets, but I have a scenario in which I need a workbook that has 12 worksheets.-- AA Hey, AA. You know, a couple years ago one the Scripting Guys helped put together an Excel spreadsheet for one of the local youth baseball leagues. Because the...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure the Days to keep pages in history setting in Internet Explorer?-- AK Hey, AK. To tell you the truth, at first we were a little hesitant about answering this question. Why? Well, we’ve all seen enough TV to know that you aren’t supposed to mess around with history. Remember that episode of Futurama where Fr...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I disable a computer account?-- MD Hey, MD. You know, our first thought when we read your question was to ask our very own Peter Costantini, a scripting guru who’s done a lot of work with Active Directory. For better or worse, however, Peter’s originally from New Jersey and is a big fan of The Sopranos. Consequently, ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete everyone except the Administrator and the Domain Admins group from the local Administrators group?-- JS Hey, JS. You know, when you become a doctor you have to take the Hippocratic Oath, which famously begins, “First, do no harm.” When you become a Scripting Guy you have to take the Scriptocratic Oath, an oat...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use alternate credentials when searching Active Directory?-- PT Hey, PT. So what’s the big idea here? Devoted readers of this column (both of them) know that we usually love tackling questions where the answer involves searching Active Directory. Why? That’s easy: because we don’t really answer thos...
