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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Copy Group Memberships from One Computer Account to Another in Active Directory Domain Services?

July 21, 2010 Jul 21, 2010 07/21/10
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  (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to be able to copy the group memberships from one computer account in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to another computer account in AD DS by using Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Active Directory cmdlets. It would be great if the script would also prompt me before copying each group to the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Identify Inactive User Accounts in Active Directory Domain Services?

July 20, 2010 Jul 20, 2010 07/20/10
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell to identify inactive user accounts in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). I used to have a VBScript script that I would use, but I would like to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 and the new Active Directory cmdlets that come with Windows Server 2008 R2. Is this something ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Grant Administrator Rights to Folders and Then Delete Them?

April 7, 2010 Apr 7, 2010 04/7/10
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(image) (image) Hey Scripting Guy! Our previous network administrator was a slouch. He did not maintain proper backups, never reviewed event logs, and never cleaned up user folders when he deleted users in Active Directory. This last omission is particularly egregious because it has taken a lot of cleanup work to find and delete the user ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Query Active Directory for Users Whose Passwords Don't Expire?

February 2, 2010 Feb 2, 2010 02/2/10
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 (image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Windows PowerShell to query Active Directory. We have deployed Windows Server 2008 R2 on our domain, and upgraded one of our domain controllers. I would like to be able to query for a list of all users whose passwords do not expire. When I did a Bing search, I was able ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Search Active Directory?

February 1, 2010 Feb 1, 2010 02/1/10
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 (image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I often need to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to find information about various computers. I may need to identify all of the computers in a particular organizational unit or all the computers who happen to reside in a particular office. Whatever the reason, using Active X Data ...