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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the full name and description for each of my local user accounts?-- EB Hey, EB. You know, this might be hard to believe, but many people view the Scripting Guys with suspicion. OK, good point; the part that is hard to believe is why they view the Scripting Guys with suspicion. As it turns out, many people look a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I locate all the instances of a particular file (like budget.xls) on a computer?-- MN Hey, MN. Did you know that former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman has 10 children, 5 sons and 5 daughters? It’s true. But that’s not the best part; the best part is that all 5 of his sons are named George Edward Foreman. (...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve been playing around with Windows PowerShell, and I find it interesting. However, I have a problem. I’d like to use PowerShell as a quick way to get information about an Active Directory user account, but I can’t figure out how to bind to a user account. Any suggestions?-- BW Hey, BW. As we noted a few da...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of the unique words used in a Microsoft Word document?-- RK Hey, RK. Funny you should mention unique words. Last Saturday the Scripting Coach’s baseball team played in the city championship. Despite the importance of the game the team was missing two key players, and the Scripting Coach knew that meant th...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy a file 150 times and then rename each of those copies using a list of names found in an Excel spreadsheet?-- DF Hey, DF. You know, when we first started this column 2 years ago (must be time to mention the 500th Hey, Scripting Guy! celebration again) our biggest concern was this: what are we going to do if no o...