Showing results for November 2008 - Page 2 of 3 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have had a number of changes at our company recently. As a result, our Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) installation is somewhat shabby. Okay, a lot shabby. When I go into AD DS Users and Computers and look through it, I cannot tell which computers are supposed to be there or not. How can I get rid of all the old co...

Hey, Scripting Guy! The pointy headed boss (PHB) is at it again. He has decided he does not like it when users do not change their password when prompted. As a result, he wants me to produce a report once a week of all the users who will have to change their password next week. Please tell me it can’t be done so I can get him off my back. I looke...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Why do some guys seem to get away with anything at work? I mean just because they spend all their time drinking coffee with the boss does that mean they do not have to do any work? You say you need examples? Consider our Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The users that I create, the groups I create, and the computer ac...

Hey Scripting Guy! You are not going to believe this. I have just been given the task of counting how many images are embedded in Word documents. The document folder, of course, has hundreds of documents. I am not sure why they want to know how many documents have embedded images, but I think it has something to do with updating a catalog we prod...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder full of Word documents. The pointy-headed boss (PHB) is being particularly obtuse this week, and has decided that he would like to have all the Word documents turned into PDF files so everyone can view them. This is despite the fact that a couple of months ago he had us deploy Word viewer, so everyone can view ...