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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell remoting to manage user objects without installing software on the client.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I was reading your article about using the Microsoft Active Directory Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and it looks really cool. The problem is that I do not want to install the Windows Remote Server Administ...

Summary: BATCHman shows how to use Windows PowerShell to locate and unlock user accounts in Active Directory.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. In the continuing saga of the world’s first Windows PowerShell superhero, BATCHman, and his faithful sidekick, Cmdlet, I once again present Windows PowerShell MVP and Honorary Scripting G...

Summary: Use a one-line Windows PowerShell command to find and unlock user accounts.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to find users who are locked out. For example, I have a number of users who log on only occasionally. They constantly lock themselves out. I have seen some VBScripts to search for locked out user accounts, and even a Windows P...

Summary: Learn about the Microsoft Active Directory Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and use them to find active and disabled users.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering what the best way is to use Windows PowerShell to work with Active Directory. I have seen all different methods talked about on the Internet, and many of them require downloading a...

Summary: In today’s gripping episode, BATCHman squares off with the Distractful Poker and recovers items deleted from Active Directory Domain Services using Windows PowerShell.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Windows PowerShell MVP Sean Kearney is with us again today with part 3 of the BATCHman series. Whenever trouble happens...