Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that my help desk people use to create user accounts. Unfortunately, sometimes these help desk personnel get in a hurry and type in names like this: kEn MYEr. How can I convert names to proper case (i.e., Ken Myer)?-- LC Hey, LC. You know what: you’re in luck. Usually when it comes to doing anything properly t...
Hey, Scripting Guy! When I use Windows Explorer to connect to a remote computer, I can see a description of that computer in the Details pane. How can I change the description for a computer?-- GF Hey, GF. Just to make sure everyone is clear what we’re talking about, we are not talking about the Description attribute in Active Directory; instead...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I print text files to a printer other than the default printer?-- JD Hey, JD. Boy, talk about pride going before the fall. When we first set out to answer this question we already “knew” how to solve the problem. We were well aware that the Shell object provides a way for you to print text files to the default printer...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert an Outlook email message into a text file?-- MW Hey, MW. You know what drives the Scripting Guys crazy? (We mean besides the other Scripting Guys.) It’s this: people who barely say hello before they start making excuses: “I’m sorry I did such a lousy job on this, but ….” “I realize that I was supposed to hav...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the location of a user’s home drive in Active Directory?-- DS Hey, DS. Did you ever read the story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe? In that story the narrator commits the perfect crime: he kills an old man and then dismembers and hides the body, taking such care that no one could possibly know that a m...
