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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure a user account so that the user can only log on to the domain using specific computers?-- RB Hey, RB. You know, at one point we had some really good solutions for you; unfortunately, Microsoft’s legal department said no to every single one of them. In their view, “We believe most Human Resources department...

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 check to see if a user has a home drive and home directory set and, if they don’t, assign them a new one?-- AM Hey, AM. No, no excuses: the Seahawks had plenty of opportunities to win the Super Bowl yesterday, but they failed to take advantage of it. At times it seemed like they were playing not to lose instea...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I move all the users from one OU to another OU?-- PD Hey, PD. You know, when you work at Microsoft you quickly learn to hate to word “move.” After all, if it wasn’t for the fact that we own the buildings you would think we were trying to skip out on paying the rent; that’s how often we move from one place to another. ...

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...