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Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to tell the date that an Active Directory user account was created?-- DD Hey, DD. And thanks: between the work that piled up over the holidays, the upcoming Scripting Week 2, and a nasty flu bug that’s going around, it’s nice to have a question that can be answered with just two lines of code. That’s right: t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete a computer account from Active Directory, but provide a Yes/No prompt to the user before the account is actually deleted?-- NM Hey, NM. Let’s start by showing you how to delete a computer account from Active Directory. But don’t worry; that won’t take long. In fact, it only takes two lines of code:Set objComp...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to tell whether an Active Directory group is a security group or a distribution group?-- AW Hey, AW. As a matter of fact, there is; this script will tell you what type of group you’re dealing with:Set objGroup = GetObject _ ("LDAP://cn=Finance Managers, ou=Finance, dc=Fabrikam, dc=com") Wscript.Echo objGr...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to get a list of all the domain controllers in my domain?-- KT Hey, KT. As a matter of fact, there are at least two ways to get a list of all domain controllers in your domain. The first way is pretty easy, but not guaranteed; depending on how you’ve set up Active Directory, you could miss a few of your domain ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename an Active Directory group?-- CL Hey, CL. This is actually pretty easy; as you’ll see, it only takes two lines of code. It’s not a hard problem, it’s just a little bit tricky. That’s because ADSI (at least when it comes to dealing with Active Directory) does not have a Rename method. Instead, you need to use t...