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How Can I Rename a Local User Account on a Windows XP Computer?

May 17, 2006 May 17, 2006 05/17/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename a local user account on a Windows XP computer?-- TY(image) (image) (image) Hey, TY. You know, nowadays the “in” thing is to poke fun at Microsoft and Windows XP. We know: we’ve seen the new commercials from that one computer company. (Remember, the computer company that used to be good, a ...

How Can I Delete Everyone Except the Administrator and the Domain Admins Group from the Local Administrators Group?

December 12, 2005 Dec 12, 2005 12/12/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete everyone except the Administrator and the Domain Admins group from the local Administrators group?-- JS(image) (image) (image) Hey, JS. You know, when you become a doctor you have to take the Hippocratic Oath, which famously begins, “First, do no harm.” When you become a Scripting Guy you ...

How Can I Determine the Name of the Local Administrators Group?

November 2, 2005 Nov 2, 2005 11/2/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the name of the local Administrators group? This can vary depending on the operating system language; for example, in German the name of the group is Administratoren.-- DS(image) (image) (image) Hey, DS. You know, the first thought that popped into our heads when we read your question was ...

How Can I List All the Users in an NT 4.0 Domain?

October 17, 2005 Oct 17, 2005 10/17/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the users in an NT 4.0 domain, along with their description and logon script path?-- HH(image) (image) (image) Hey, HH. Ah, yes NT 4.0. Windows NT 4.0 reminds us of dandelions: it doesn’t matter whether you like dandelions or not, there’s simply no way to get rid of them. The same is true ...