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

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Find Old Computer Accounts?

November 19, 2008 Nov 19, 2008 11/19/08
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(image) 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 ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Find Expiring Passwords?

November 18, 2008 Nov 18, 2008 11/18/08
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(image) 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 ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Locate Missing Attributes in Active Directory Domain Services?

November 17, 2008 Nov 17, 2008 11/17/08
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(image) 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 ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Count How Many Images Are Embedded in Microsoft Word Documents?

November 13, 2008 Nov 13, 2008 11/13/08
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(image) 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 ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Convert Word Files to PDF Files?

November 12, 2008 Nov 12, 2008 11/12/08
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(image) 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 ...