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Friday, November 20, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (11/20/09)

In this post : Troubleshooting a Windows PowerShell Script Using the Replace Operator How Can I Get a List of Certificates and Their Expiration Dates? Can I Change a Registry Value on 200 Computers? Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Delete Folders Within
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Friday, September 25, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (9/25/09)

Can I Find Out Who Has Access to a Group of Files and Folders? Hey, Scripting Guy! For security reasons I need to find out who has access to a certain group of files and folders. Using the Get-Acl cmdlet, I can get a list of which IDs and groups have
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Friday, September 18, 2009 12:20 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (9/18/09)

Share this post: Can I Delete All Items in the Deleted Items Folder? Hey, Scripting Guy! I need a VBScript script that will delete all of the e-mails in the Deleted Items folder. I have tried to do this, but I am not able to get it to delete all of the
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Remove Specific Folder Access Rights on a Per-User Basis?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! There is this guy at work…well, actually he used to be at work and that is the problem. He left the company. The way security has been implemented at our company, I have to check specific folders, and if a user has
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Apply Security Settings for One Folder to Many Other Folders?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! Our company is in the process of obtaining the ISO 20000 certification for IT service management and as a result it seems we have to have documentation and processes in place for everything . In the past when I created
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Tell to Which Folders a User Has Been Granted or Denied Access?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out what folders a user has specifically been granted or denied access to. I do not need the specific rights that were granted. I only need to find out where the user was specifically granted or denied
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Monday, September 14, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Determine a Folder's Access Rights and Who Has Them?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to get a handle around the security of a folder on my computer. I need to be able to figure out a way to determine who has access and what those access rights are. I guess I could use the Icacls utility
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Friday, May 22, 2009 9:44 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (05/22/09)

How Can I Determine if a Particular Windows Feature Is Installed? Hey, Scripting Guy! I am new to Windows PowerShell scripting and have a little experience with WMI thanks to your Windows PowerShell Scriptomatic tool. I'm trying to determine whether a
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:14 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Parse My Firewall Log File to See What Kind of Packets Are Being Sent?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to parse the firewall log on my computer and find out the kinds of packets that are going out. You know, how many Web page packets, how many DNS lookups, how many pings. That kind of stuff. I figure that I can look at
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:13 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I See Which Packets Are Being Dropped by Windows Firewall?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I love the Windows Firewall. I think it is really cool. The fact that it is a low-maintenance tool is sweet, but every once in a while, I would like to look over the log files and see what is going on. In particularly, I want to know
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:08 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Determine the Owner of a File?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to determine the owner of a file using Windows PowerShell? -- GF Hey, GF. Well, today is April 15 th , which, in the US, can mean only one thing: it’s time to celebrate the birthday of Italian mathematician Pietro Antonio
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Friday, October 19, 2007 7:37 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Retrieve a List of Unique Users from the Security Event Log?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve a list of unique users from the Security event log? -- KM Hey, KM. Before we tackle your question we should probably address a question sent in by another reader: Hey, Scripting Guy! Whatever happened to Monday?
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:12 PM

How Can I Take Ownership of a File or Folder By Using a Script?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I take ownership of a file or folder using a script? -- RV Hey, RV. Interesting question. In the past, the Scripting Guys have tried to take ownership of a Porsche 911, beachfront property in Hawaii, and the New York Yankees;
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Friday, September 16, 2005 4:41 PM

How Can I Turn Off the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Firewall?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I turn off the Service Pack 2 firewall? -- JC Hey, JC. You know, if there’s a drawback to working at Microsoft (and if our manager is reading this we hasten to add that there are no drawbacks to working at Microsoft) it’s this:
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Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:34 PM

How Can I Disable the Guest Account on a Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine whether or not the Guest account is enabled on a computer and, if it is, disable it? -- PR Hey, PR. At last: a question for which there is a very simple, very straightforward answer. This isn’t to minimize the importance
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