Showing results for December 2007 - Page 2 of 3 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! In yesterday’s column you showed a sample script that mapped a drive based on membership in an Active Directory group; along the way, you brought up the possibility of a user belonging to more than one group. “Suppose you have two groups,” you said. “What happens if a user is a member of both groups?” You then said, and I quot...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to map a drive based on a user’s membership in a particular Active Directory group. However, I have a twist as well: I need to map a different drive depending on whether or not the user is a manager. In other words, I need to map a drive based on both group membership and job title. How do I do that?-- SA Hey, SA. You ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I start a script in a hidden window?-- OT Hey, OT. You know, today is kind of a disappointing day for the Scripting Guys, or at least for the Scripting Guy who writes this column. As we noted yesterday, the Seattle area was hit by a freak “Pineapple Express” rainstorm that seemed destined to set all sorts of records f...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I cut a row from an Office Excel spreadsheet and paste it into the first unused row in another Excel spreadsheet?-- NC Hey, NC. We apologize if today’s column feels a little damp; as it turns out, those of us in the Seattle area are experiencing another one of the Puget Sound’s … delightful … shifts in the weather. Sa...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In Windows PowerShell, how can I start another application, then have my script pause until that application has terminated?-- AD Hey, AD. Before we answer today’s question, we’d like to make an announcement: the Scripting Guys need friends! No, not those kind of friends. Well, come to think of it, we could use some regular f...