Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder full of Word documents. The pointy-headed boss (PHB) is being particularly obtuse this week, and has decided that he would like to have all the Word documents turned into PDF files so everyone can view them. This is despite the fact that a couple of months ago he…
Year: 2008
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create a Microsoft Word Document from WMI Information?
Hey Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to use Windows PowerShell to obtain some information from WMI and then write that same information to a Microsoft Word document. I know that I can use Out-File to create a text file, but text files are boring. I want to get the information into Word…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Check Spelling and Grammar in Microsoft Office Word?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I loved your last “Hey, Scripting Guy!” article about formatting paragraphs in a Microsoft Office Word document. What I need to do is a little bit more mundane, but for me much more important. I have a number of Word documents that are stored in a folder. Unfortunately, the person who wrote…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Format a Microsoft Word Paragraph?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have really been enjoying the recent Windows PowerShell articles on the Script Center. I am wondering if it is possible to use Windows PowerShell to work with a Microsoft Office Word document. Specifically, what I would like to be able to do is to change the paragraph formatting and perhaps add…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Add a Windows PowerShell Shortcut to the Quick Launch Toolbar?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I love the Quick Launch toolbar. The problem is that I cannot find a special folder or anything that refers to this location. So how can I create a shortcut to Windows PowerShell that will live on the Quick Launch toolbar? – RS Hi RS, One of the funny things about special…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Determine Folder Size?
Hey, Scripting Guy! We are getting ready for a migration, and I am trying to find an easy way to determine the size of the Documents folder. I would like to use Windows PowerShell to do this, but when I use the Get-Item cmdlet to retrieve the properties of a folder, I do not see…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create an HTA to Do Temperature Conversions?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I read with interest your “blog from down under,” and I was interested in your function that converts Fahrenheit to Celsius. My wife and I are going on vacation to Germany, and I want to be able to do metric conversions. The problem, however, is that I do not want to install…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Edit Terminal Server Profiles for Users in Active Directory?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to modify the terminal server profile for a bunch of users in Active Directory, and I don’t get it. I can see the properties on Active Directory Users and Computers, but when I look in ADSI Edit, I cannot find the property names. I know they must be there, but…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create Users from a CSV File?
Hey, Scripting Guy! In your last article, you showed how to create random passwords for users and how to write that password out to a CSV file. You said if anyone asked that you would show how to use that CSV file and create a user from it. Well, here I am, asking you. Show…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create Passwords for My Users?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to create a bunch of users via script, but I am having problems dealing with their passwords. I do not want to give everyone the same password, and I do not want to have to manually create a hundred passwords and store them in a file, so I am…