Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I move a computer from an unknown OU into a known OU?-- DB Hey, DB. You know, a lot of people take a look at system administration scripting and think, “Well, it might be useful, but it sounds kind of boring.” After all, clearing event logs and changing user passwords are worthwhile endeavors, but they don’t compare t...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I check to see if a file exists on a remote computer even if that file isn’t in a shared folder?-- SP Hey, SP. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this column had minor periodontal surgery this morning. (Well, maybe his dentist thought it was minor. The Scripting Guy, who’s a bit of a baby when it comes to these so...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to start a service on a remote computer?-- NA Hey, NA. You know, a few years ago a professor named Francis Fukuyama wrote a book called The End of History and the Last of Man, a book which stated (well, sort of) that now that the Cold War was over nothing particularly interesting and exciting w...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve a list of all the files that have no file extension?-- JB Hey, JB. Funny you should ask about no-hitters. Yes, it’s true: the Scripting Son was robbed of a no-hitter this past Saturday. With one out in the top of the seventh (you play just seven innings in Colt League baseball), the Scripting Son had a no-h...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that prevents the screensaver from coming on? Sometimes I get interrupted for a couple minutes (say I get a phone call or something) and the screensaver kicks in, which promptly locks the computer. Is there a way to keep that from happening?-- SS Hey, SS. We hope you’ll forgive us if we seem a little ...
