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July 2010 - Page 3 of 6 - Scripting Blog

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Uniquifying and Validating Link Lists with Windows PowerShell

July 17, 2010 Jul 17, 2010 07/17/10
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  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is a beautiful Saturday morning here in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. The sky is dark blue and there are few if any clouds visible. It almost makes one dizzy while standing in the front yard leaning back and looking upward because there is nothing to give any frame of ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Connect Two Group Policy Objects in Active Directory and Compare Them Offline? (Part 2)

July 16, 2010 Jul 16, 2010 07/16/10
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to connect to two Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory and make an offline copy of the GPOs using Windows PowerShell 2.0 so that I can compare the two objects. I know I can do this using the Group Policy Management Console, but I have several hundred GPOs in my domain and I do not have ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Connect Two Group Policy Objects in Active Directory and Compare Them Offline? (Part 1)

July 15, 2010 Jul 15, 2010 07/15/10
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to connect to two Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory and make an offline copy of the GPOs using Windows PowerShell 2.0 so that I can compare the two objects. I know I can do this using the Group Policy Management Console, but I have several hundred GPOs in my domain and I do not have ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Group Policy Cmdlets to Test Active Directory Replication?

July 14, 2010 Jul 14, 2010 07/14/10
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use the Microsoft Group Policy cmdlets and Windows PowerShell 2.0 to test Active Directory replication. Know how? -- RG   Hello RG, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I had an Office Communicator conversation last night with my friend Brett in Sydney, Australia. He is my Tim Tam and ANZAC ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Group Policy Cmdlets to Back Up and Restore Group Policy Objects?

July 13, 2010 Jul 13, 2010 07/13/10
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to know how to use the Group Policy cmdlets in Windows PowerShell to back up and to restore Group Policy objects (GPOs), and I have heard that there are Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7. Can you help me? -- GJ   Hello GJ, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is hot and humid in Charlotte. The ...