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Use PowerShell to Create Local Windows Groups

November 24, 2010 Nov 24, 2010 11/24/10

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create local Windows groups in this step by step Scripting Guy blog post. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have to create some local security groups on my Windows 2008 server. I want to use Windows PowerShell 1.0 because I have not upgraded Windows PowerShell 1.0 to Windows PowerShell 2.0. In...

Use PowerShell to Create Local User Accounts

November 23, 2010 Nov 23, 2010 11/23/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to create local user accounts. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to create some local user accounts. We are still using Windows PowerShell 1.0 on our Windows 2008 servers, and on our Windows Vista workstations. Therefore, using Windows ...

Use PowerShell to Enable or Disable a Local User Account

November 22, 2010 Nov 22, 2010 11/22/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to enable or to disable a local user account. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to enable local user accounts on my Windows Server 2008 servers. I have to use Windows PowerShell 1.0 because we are not going to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 until April of ...

iCame, iPod, iScripted: Scripting iTunes

November 21, 2010 Nov 21, 2010 11/21/10

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[Disclaimer: this is a reprint of an old Scripting Guys article from the TechNet Script Center FunZone. The FunZone was not migrated from our old platform. It is printed here due to popular demand.] If you’re like most people, at one time or another you’ve been given a present that was really good but, for some reason, just ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Simplify a Large-scale Exchange Migration

November 20, 2010 Nov 20, 2010 11/20/10

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Summary: See how to use Windows PowerShell to simplify a large-scale Microsoft Exchange server migration project. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I am turning the keyboard over to Phil Braniff, one of my former Windows PowerShell workshop attendees, as he talks about a large Microsoft Exchange migration. Take it ...

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