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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Use PowerShell to Translate a User’s SID to an Active Directory Account Name

October 12, 2010 Oct 12, 2010 10/12/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to translate a user's SID to an Active Directory Domain Services account name. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that whenever I search for Windows PowerShell scripts to translate a user name into a SID, all I can find is a script that uses WMI. WMI...

Use WMI and PowerShell to Get a User’s SID

October 11, 2010 Oct 11, 2010 10/11/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell and WMI to translate a SID to a user name, or a user name to a SID. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I do a lot of work with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and quite often I need to find the security identifier (SID) of a user. I know that I can...

Query Active Directory with PowerShell and Run WMI Commands

August 26, 2010 Aug 26, 2010 08/26/10

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to Query Active Directory for computers and then run WMI commands on the remote machines. The Scripting Guys show you how. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a major problem at my company. We have a standard corporate desktop we are deploying by using the Windows Deployment tool kit. That part is...

Query Active Directory and Ping Each Computer in the Domain by Using PowerShell

August 25, 2010 Aug 25, 2010 08/25/10

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Summary: Query Active Directory and ping each computer in the domain by using Windows PowerShell. The Scripting Guys show you how. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am THE IT person at my company. I am also a chemical engineer who has daily production responsibilities in our process plant. You see, I am supposed to be a part-time IT person...

Use the PowerShell [adsiSearcher] Type Accelerator to Search Active Directory

August 24, 2010 Aug 24, 2010 08/24/10

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Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell [adsiSearcher] type accelerator to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to get in touch with my inner programmer. The problem is that our company has cut head count in the past two years, and the remaining staff (myself included) is...

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