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How Can I List All the Access Database Files on a Computer?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the Access database files (.mdb and .ldb files) on a computer? -- MG Hey, MG. You know, in this day and age most people don’t believe in Santa Claus. Well, we happen to know that these people are wrong: Santa...
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How Can I Set a User’s Password and Then Require Them to Change That Password the Next Time They Log on?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! In our school, how can I enable teachers to change a student’s password to their logon name, then force those students to change their password the next time they log on? -- DS Hey, DS. Boy, did you pick the wrong person to ask...
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How Can I Create a Shortcut That Opens Internet Explorer With the Address Bar Hidden?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a shortcut that opens Internet Explorer with the address bar hidden? -- WA Hey, WA. You know, any time a science fiction writer starts to run low on ideas he or she writes a story in which someone goes to bed and...
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How Can I Add a Network Printer at Logon and, Optionally, Make That the Default Printer?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a network printer at logon? I’d also like to make that the default printer unless the user has a local printer. In that case I don’t want to make the network printer the default printer. -- DB Hey, DB. So, how are...
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How Can I Copy My Users’ Phone Number Attribute to Their Description Attribute?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy a user’s phone number to his or her description for all the users in Active Directory? -- DL Hey, DL. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this column considers today’s column to be his all-time favorite. Why? Because...
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How Can I Start a Process and Then Wait For the Process to End Before Terminating the Script?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I start a process and then wait until that process quits before terminating the script? -- FG Hey, FG. Before we answer your question, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has a confession to make: he’s the one who ruined...
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How Can I Compare a List of Names in One Excel Column to a List of Names in Another Column?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! In Excel, how can I compare a list of names found in one column with a list of names found in another column? -- GS Hey, GS. You know, in general we Scripting Guys are charged with presenting people with facts; in turn, we’re really...
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How Can I Determine the OU the Local Computer Belongs To?
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over 6 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, which attribute do I use to determine the OU that the local computer belongs to? -- JP Hey, JP. Most people are familiar with Cupid, the Roman god of love. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn...
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How Can I Convert a Tilde-Delimited File to Microsoft Excel Format?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert a tilde-delimited file to Microsoft Excel format? -- JN Hey, JN. You know, to tell you the truth we’re beginning to rethink our approach to this column. After all, usually we tell people how easy things are, and...
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How Can I Expand the Width of the Windows PowerShell Console?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I expand the width of the Windows PowerShell console? When I display certain kinds of data – like information from the event logs – that data gets cut off because the console window isn’t wide enough. -- TB Hey, TB. Wow...
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How Can I Search Active Directory for User Names Stored in an Excel Spreadsheet?
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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...
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