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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine whether a domain is in mixed mode or native mode?-- WW Hey, WW. When you listen to a Seattle Mariners game on the radio one of the regular features is “Stump the Broadcasters.” The premise to Stump the Broadcasters is that listeners send in a baseball question to be asked of the Mariners broadcasters. If y...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert a DN to this format: finance.fabrikam.com/Users?-- CW Hey, CW. You know, this is a pretty good question; in fact, we should have used it for the Winter Scripting Games. Ah, but, on second thought, maybe it’s a good thing we didn’t use it. Why not? Well, because all the Scripting Games competitors could find ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the “grandparent” of an object in Active Directory?-- JG Hey, JG. Wait a second: is this “grandparent” thing some sneaky reference to the fact that the Scripting Guys (well, except for Jean, of course) are all starting to show their age a bit? OK; we just wanted to make sure. (Editor’s Note: Yes, that originally...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use alternate credentials when searching Active Directory?-- PT Hey, PT. So what’s the big idea here? Devoted readers of this column (both of them) know that we usually love tackling questions where the answer involves searching Active Directory. Why? That’s easy: because we don’t really answer thos...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the location of a user’s home drive in Active Directory?-- DS Hey, DS. Did you ever read the story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe? In that story the narrator commits the perfect crime: he kills an old man and then dismembers and hides the body, taking such care that no one could possibly know that a m...