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Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve looked through the entire Script Center but I can’t find an example of what I need to do: find all the .DOC files on drives C and D, but using a single WMI query. In other words, I want to write a WMI query similar to this: Where ( Drive = 'C:' or 'D:' ) and ( Extension = 'doc' ); unfortunately, though, I can’t figure out...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I manage over 300 servers in our environment. For each server I need to determine the members of the local Administrators account. It’s easy to get a list of local users and domain users that belong to the Admin account; it’s also easy to get a list of any domain groups that belong to the Administrators account. However, what ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In PowerPoint user information is stored under the Tools menu. I would like to know if there is a way to extract this data by using a script.-- TV Hey, TV. You know, you might find this hard to believe, but the Scripting Guy who writes this column hardly ever loses anything; in fact, he’s actually pretty good about putting th...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We’re trying to straighten out our Active Directory, and in order to do so, I’ve been asked to come up with a list of all the groups that have just 1 member or fewer. How can I write a script that will return this information for me?-- DR Hey, DR. Before we answer your question we thought we’d relate an email...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if a computer has a removable drive attached to it and, if it does, copy a file to that drive? I have no way of knowing what the drive letter of that removable drive would be, assuming it even exists.-- SN Hey, SN. You know, when you live in Seattle you don’t really need a calendar in order to know what ti...