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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have several computers that seem to be identical, but they act like they are different. I mean, the same person set the computers up, so I imagine he followed the checklist and the machines should therefore be the same. But something weird is going on. What I need is a script that will tell me which services are defined on a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoyed your article yesterday about creating a local user account. However, for my purposes I need to be able to create more than one user. Also I would like to be able to assign values to attributes such as the description. If it is not asking too much, I would also like to be able to assign the user to a group. After all,...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an application that runs on our local computers. It is a rather old application, and of course it is mission critical. Because this application is not Active Directory integrated, it means that I need to create a local user account on every computer that is going to run this particular application. All computers that r...

Hey, Scripting Guy! My company would like me to change our Active Directory logon names from this format – kmyer – to this format: Ken.Myer. Is there a way I can script all these changes?-- DO Hey, DO. You know, sometimes the Scripting Guy who writes this column implies that he leads a dull and drab life, that nothing exciting ever happens to hi...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the users in an OU who are not a member of a specified group?-- TJ Hey, TJ. You know, the Scripting Guys are having so much fun with the 2008 Winter Scripting Games that we just can’t bear to see the excitement come to an end; therefore, we’ve decided to extend the Games for a couple mor...