The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Use PowerShell to Add Local Users to Local Groups

November 25, 2010 Nov 25, 2010 11/25/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to add local users to local groups using Windows PowerShell. (image) 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 ...

Use PowerShell to Create Local Windows Groups

November 24, 2010 Nov 24, 2010 11/24/10

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create local Windows groups in this step by step Scripting Guy blog post. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have to create some local security groups on my Windows 2008 server. I want to use Windows PowerShell 1.0 because I have not upgraded Windows PowerShell 1.0 to Windows PowerShell...

Use PowerShell to Create Local User Accounts

November 23, 2010 Nov 23, 2010 11/23/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to create local user accounts. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to create some local user accounts. We are still using Windows PowerShell 1.0 on our Windows 2008 servers, and on our Windows Vista workstations. Therefore, using ...

Use PowerShell to Enable or Disable a Local User Account

November 22, 2010 Nov 22, 2010 11/22/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to enable or to disable a local user account. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to enable local user accounts on my Windows Server 2008 servers. I have to use Windows PowerShell 1.0 because we are not going to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 until ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Add a User to Multiple Groups?

July 29, 2009 Jul 29, 2009 07/29/09

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(image) Hey Scripting Guy! It seems that I can never find what I need anymore. I am looking for a Windows PowerShell script that will add a user to multiple groups. The user and the group are in the same organizational unit, and I do not want to have to run the same script multiple times to add a user to multiple groups. It should be easy to ...

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