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Summary: In this exciting episode, BATCHman uses Windows PowerShell and regular expressions to thwart the evil Dr. Regex and save the monkeys.   Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Sean Kearney is back with us for three more episodes of the thrilling BATCHman series. Today is Episode 4. Whenever trouble happens in systems and people ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson announces the first ever Honorary Scripting Guys.    Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I have an exciting announcement! Drum roll please: dadadadadadada…CLING! Yes, for the first time ever, we now have official Honorary Scripting Guys! Yes, that’s right. What does it take...

Summary: Use a one-line Windows PowerShell command to find and unlock user accounts.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to find users who are locked out. For example, I have a number of users who log on only occasionally. They constantly lock themselves out. I have seen some VBScripts to search for locked out user accounts, and even a Windows P...

Summary: In this step-by-step blog post, the Microsoft Scripting Guy covers installing the Active Directory Management Service for Windows PowerShell access to Active Directory Domain Services.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I read with interest your blog post yesterday about using the Microsoft Windows PowerShell cmdlets to work with users in Active D...

Summary: Learn about the Microsoft Active Directory Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and use them to find active and disabled users.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering what the best way is to use Windows PowerShell to work with Active Directory. I have seen all different methods talked about on the Internet, and many of them require downloading a...