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April 7, 2010Apr 7, 201004/7/10Hey Scripting Guy! Our previous network administrator was a slouch. He did not maintain proper backups, never reviewed event logs, and never cleaned up user folders when he deleted users in Active Directory. This last omission is particularly egregious because it has taken a lot of cleanup work to find and delete the user folders.
April 16, 2008Apr 16, 200804/16/08Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to determine the owner of a file using Windows PowerShell?— GF
Hey, GF. Well, today is April 15th, which, in the US, can mean only one thing: it’s time to celebrate the birthday of Italian mathematician Pietro Antonio Cataldi,
January 11, 2006Jan 11, 200601/11/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I take ownership of a file or folder using a script?— RV
Hey, RV. Interesting question. In the past, the Scripting Guys have tried to take ownership of a Porsche 911, beachfront property in Hawaii, and the New York Yankees;
October 7, 2004Oct 7, 200410/7/04Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there a way to determine the owner of a file by using a script?— BD
Hey, BD. As a matter of fact there is a way to use a script to determine the owner of the file,
