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Summary: Two Microsoft PFEs conclude their three-part series on cleaning up old ADM files from AD DS. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have the conclusion of a three-part series written by PFEs Mark Morowczynski and Tom Moser. Be sure to read the blog for Friday and Saturday...

Summary: Two Microsoft PFEs talk about a couple of functions to back up and remove old ADMs by using a Windows PowerShell function. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back to two PFEs Mark Morowczynski and Tom Moser for part two of a three-part series. Please read yesterday’s...

Summary: Two Microsoft PFEs talk about a Windows PowerShell script to remove old ADM files from Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) after converting to a central store. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the first of a three-part series written by two Microsoft PFEs Mark Morowczynski...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to generate a Group Policy Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) report. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I can tell you that spring is definitely heating up. Not necessarily temperature-wise, but in the world of...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to generate and parse a Group Policy Object report. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. So, I am working on my MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification and having passed the Installing and Configuring Windows...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to force a domain-wide update of Group Policy by using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, tomorrow, the Scripting Wife and I leave for a three-week European Windows PowerShell tour. We will be doing five Windows...

Summary : Guest Blogger Jason Helmick talks about updating an Enterprise GPO on a dark and stormy night using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson is here. Guest Blogger Week continues today with Jason Helmick as our guest. About the author Jason Helmick is an Instructor...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to download files from the Internet and other cool tasks in today’s Quick-Hits Friday. In this Post: Working with Windows PowerShell Group Policy Cmdlets Using PowerShell to Log In to an HTTPS Website PowerShell Best Practices VBScript...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows you how to use Group Policy to enable reliability tracing via Windows PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. Hey, Scripting Guy! First of all, let me say that yesterday’s article was interesting. We are also looking at attempting to determine...

Summary : The easiest way to deploy a Windows PowerShell script to users is to create a Group Policy logon script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Oh…my eyes feel like they are glued to my eyelids. I am not a night owl , unlike the female who inhabits the house in Charlotte, who...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to connect to two Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory and make an offline copy of the GPOs using Windows PowerShell 2.0 so that I can compare the two objects. I know I can do this using the Group Policy Management Console, but I have several hundred GPOs...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to connect to two Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory and make an offline copy of the GPOs using Windows PowerShell 2.0 so that I can compare the two objects. I know I can do this using the Group Policy Management Console, but I have several hundred GPOs...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use the Microsoft Group Policy cmdlets and Windows PowerShell 2.0 to test Active Directory replication. Know how? -- RG Hello RG, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I had an Office Communicator conversation last night with my friend Brett in Sydney, Australia...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to know how to use the Group Policy cmdlets in Windows PowerShell to back up and to restore Group Policy objects (GPOs), and I have heard that there are Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7 . Can you help me? -- GJ Hello GJ, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to work with Group Policy Objects (GPOs) by using a Windows PowerShell script. I understand there are new Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7, but when I use the Get-Command cmdlet, I do not see any cmdlets. Is this a Release-to-Web (RTW) feature, or did it not make the cut for...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a number of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) that are not really doing anything. In fact, they are about as useless as an old hound dog with sinus problems. What I need is an easy way to find these old GPOs and produce a list so I can decide if I wish to delete them. Can you help...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Good morning. We are in the process of modifying our Group Policy implementation, and I anticipate having to create 15 or so new Group Policy objects. I know that I can open the Group Policy Management Console, right-click, and go through the wizard, but I would prefer to have a script...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. I have been elected, given the honor, granted the opportunity to excel (whatever management euphemism you wish to use to describe giving me more work) to clean up our Group Policy strategy. The problem is that the previous Group Policy administrator had no strategy...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Do you ever wonder how some people ever get their jobs? We had a guy who was hired to organize our Group Policy implementation. The person was a loser. I mean, I do not think he could even spell Group Policy. Needless to say, the whole thing has morphed into some kind of Salvador...

How Can I Return File Names of Files Created in Less Than an Hour from the Current Time? Hey, Scripting Guy! I am attempting to write a script that looks at the creation dates of all files in a certain directory. If the files were created less than an hour from the current time, the script will...