The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Why am I Getting an Error when Trying to Determine an IP Address?

August 25, 2004 Aug 25, 2004 08/25/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to determine the IP address on a computer, but I keep getting a Type Mismatch error. Do you know why? -- AQ, Jacksonville, FL(image) (image) (image) Hey, AQ. As a matter of fact, we do know why you’re getting a Type Mismatch error, and it’s a common problem when working with the WMI class ...

Why Doesn't My Search Return All My User Accounts?

August 24, 2004 Aug 24, 2004 08/24/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to pull a list of all my users out of Active Directory. I’m using ADO to search for these users, but no matter what I do I can only get 1,000 user names, even though we probably have 10 times that many user accounts. What could I be doing wrong?-- MC, Athens, GA(image) (image) (image) Hey, MC. Boy, ...

Can I Change the Current Directory When Running a Script?

August 23, 2004 Aug 23, 2004 08/23/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I change the current directory while my script is running?-- KO, Kalispell, MT(image) (image) (image) Hey, KO. Yes, you can change the current directory while a script is running, provided you are running Windows Script Host 5.6, that is. To change the current directory, all you have to do is create an ...

How Can I Determine Which Groups a User Belongs To?

August 20, 2004 Aug 20, 2004 08/20/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In my logon script, how can I find out which Active Directory groups a user belongs to? -- JB, Montpelier, VT(image) (image) (image) Hey, JB. This is pretty easy to do in a logon script: So what’s going on here? Well, we begin by using the ADSystemInfo object to determine the distinguished name of the logged-on ...

How Can I Determine if a Folder Exists on a Computer?

August 19, 2004 Aug 19, 2004 08/19/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to determine whether or not a specific folder exists on a computer?-- RP, Umatilla, OR(image) (image) (image) Hey, RP. There are a couple ways of doing this, depending on whether you are looking for the folder on the local computer or on a remote computer, and depending on whether or not you know ...