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Install Active Directory Management Service for Easy PowerShell Access

August 30, 2011 Aug 30, 2011 08/30/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: In this step-by-step blog post, the Microsoft Scripting Guy covers installing the Active Directory Management Service for Windows PowerShell access to Active Directory Domain Services.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I read with interest your blog post yesterday about using the Microsoft Windows PowerShell cmdlets to work with users in ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Determine Whether a Local User Account Exists?

May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008 05/23/08
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if a specified local user account exists on a computer?-- MM Hey, MM. Have you ever heard the expression “good things come to those who wait”? Well, to tell you the truth, the Scripting Guys have never put much credence in that old saying; after all, the Scripting Guy who...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Read Computer Names From a Text File and Then Verify Whether or Not Those Computers Still Exist?

February 6, 2008 Feb 6, 2008 02/6/08
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I read a list of computer names from a text file, and then check to see if those computers still exist in Active Directory?-- CL You know, that’s a good question, CL, we – hold on a second. Some of you out there look so sad; why the long faces? After all, the 2008 Winter Scripting Games start in less than two ...

How Can I Determine the OU the Local Computer Belongs To?

December 6, 2006 Dec 6, 2006 12/6/06
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, which attribute do I use to determine the OU that the local computer belongs to?-- JP Hey, JP. Most people are familiar with Cupid, the Roman god of love. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t know that Cupid carries with him a quiver of gold-tipped arrows. Get struck by one of ...

How Can I Configure an Active Directory Account So the Password Never Expires?

October 31, 2006 Oct 31, 2006 10/31/06
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure an Active Directory user account so that the account password never expires?-- BB Hey, BB. Before we start we have a question for you: wouldn’t you agree that Catch-22 is one of the four greatest novels ever written? We ask that because, in his English class, the Scripting Son was recently asked to ...