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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to add local users to local groups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Creating local user objects and local group objects is fine, but to be useful, I need to be able to add users to groups. When working with local accounts, I need to use the ADSI type accelerator to facilitate the way things...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating local groups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Creating a local group works exactly the same way as creating a local user account (see Use PowerShell to Create Local User Accounts). The process involves the following steps:   Notes  At this p...

Summary: See how guest blogger, Rich Prescott, leveraged the Windows PowerShell community as he built his popular ArPosh Client System Administration tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. We are really starting the new year off correctly. We have another very strong guest blogger today. Rich Prescott, is currently working as an infrast...

Summary: In this article, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about using parameter sets to simplify Windows PowerShell commands.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I had a great time the other night talking to Windows PowerShell MVP Shane Hoey before my presentation to the PowerShell Users Group of Australia (PSUGAU). After we had ...

  Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to add local users to local groups using Windows PowerShell.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I have enjoyed your posts this week. It is amazing how often I need to enable the Local Administrator account, or create a new local user or group. One thing you have left out, however, is how I add a l...