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Hey, Scripting Guy! In my logon script how can I determine the name of the domain controller that authenticated the user?-- CK Hey, CK. You know, one of the unwritten rules for being a Scripting Guy is that you should never do anything hard more than once a week. (Why is this an unwritten rule? Mainly because we were all too lazy to write it dow...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I access Active Directory on a specific domain controller?-- SD Hey, SD. You know, one of the cool things about Active Directory is that you usually don’t need to access the directory service on a specific domain controller. Because Active Directory information is replicated between all the domain controllers in ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the disabled user accounts in Active Directory?-- RT Hey, RT. Now, just remember, you asked for this. We have a script that returns a list of disabled user accounts in Active Directory; the only problem is that part of the script is a little cryptic (to say the least), and we won’t be able to fully...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add an email address to the proxyAddresses attribute without overwriting all the existing attributes?-- DH Hey, DH. For those of you who aren’t too familiar with the proxyAddresses attribute (and, alas, that includes the Scripting Guys) proxyAddresses is an attribute added to Active Directory by Microsoft Exchange; ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the user and computer account Description attributes each time a user logs on? I’d like the Description to indicate who logged on, and when.-- GG Hey, GG. This is actually a pretty good idea. One question we get asked all the time is this: “How can I get a list of all my computers and who’s logged on to them?...