Showing results for July 2014 - Page 4 of 13 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Learn how to translate between ADSI, Quest, and Windows PowerShell cmdlets to read additional user properties.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I'm trying figure something out. I can get some properties with the Quest cmdlets without even asking, but when I go to use the Windows PowerShell cmdlets, they aren't there. How can I get these properties f...

Summary: Learn to use Windows PowerShell to determine the ASCII numeric value of a character.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to tell the ASCII value of a character?  You can get the numeric value of an ASCII character quite easily, for example,            to get the value of the lowercase letter a, ty...

Summary: Learn how to translate between ADSI, Quest, and Windows PowerShell cmdlets for creating users.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I downloaded a script from the Internet to remove users, but it's designed to use the newer Windows PowerShell cmdlets. My server environment doesn't have them available yet. Can you help me convert to them? —RD &n...

Summary: Learn to convert a plain text password to a secure string for cmdlet parameters.   I'm trying to convert some scripts to work with the Active Directory modules,            but they need a secure string for the password. How do I create one of these?  Use the ConvertTo-SecureString...

Summary: Learn how to transcribe between ADSI, Quest, and Windows PowerShell cmdlets for creating users.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I used to use the Quest cmdlets to create new users, but I need to rewrite some of my scripts to work with a legacy environment that can't use the .NET Framework. Can you help me? —SH  Hello SH, Honorary...