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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to get a list of all the users in an OU and its subOUs, then change their email addresses so those addresses only user lowercase letters. How can I do that?-- TB Hey, TB. You know, we had to think twice before going ahead and answering this question. That’s not because this a particularly difficult question for u...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have an HTA that searches Active Directory for user accounts and then displays those user names. We have 10 OUs in Active Directory, but I only want to retrieve the users from three of those OUs. How do I do that?-- DP Hey, DP. Here’s a little secret for you: it’s very easy to tell when a writer is getting lazy and isn’t ev...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the home directory for all the disabled user accounts in Active Directory?-- DB Hey, DB. You know, it’s not like the Scripting Guy who writes this column is addicted to TV or anything, but last night he was watching TV (as usual) when he saw a brief feature on a new device that will scramble eggs for you. ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I take user names from an Excel spreadsheet, search for those users in Active Directory, and then indicate whether or not each user was found?-- SD Hey, SD. You know, one of the drawbacks to writing a daily scripting column is that people never seem to believe you. For one thing, they don’t believe that you write a dail...

Using Windows PowerShell, how can I retrieve a list of all the computer accounts in my domain?-- TE Hey, TE. You know, several years ago the Scripting Guy who writes this column was playing basketball with one of his brothers. Because there were a total of 5 people at the park they had to play 2-on-2, with one person forced to sit out. After a sho...