The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Map a Drive Based on a User’s Name and OU?

March 21, 2007 Mar 21, 2007 03/21/07

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to create a logon script that maps a network drive based on the logged-on user’s user name and OU. How can I do that?-- KB(image) (image) (image) Hey, KB. You know, KB, this is probably the toughest day of the year for the Scripting Guy who writes this column. For the past four days – Thursday, Friday...

How Can I Determine the OU the Local Computer Belongs To?

December 6, 2006 Dec 6, 2006 12/6/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, which attribute do I use to determine the OU that the local computer belongs to?-- JP(image) (image) (image) Hey, JP. Most people are familiar with Cupid, the Roman god of love. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t know that Cupid carries with him a quiver of gold-tipped...

How Can I List All the Sub-OUs in an OU?

January 13, 2006 Jan 13, 2006 01/13/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the sub-OUs in an OU? That includes any OUs that might be in those sub-OUs.-- JE(image) (image) (image) Hey, JE. If you’re the least bit familiar with this column then you know that we Scripting Guys love to answer questions that involve searching Active Directory. That’s because we never ...

How Can I Move All the Users from One OU to Another OU?

January 4, 2006 Jan 4, 2006 01/4/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I move all the users from one OU to another OU?-- PD(image) (image) (image) Hey, PD. You know, when you work at Microsoft you quickly learn to hate to word “move.” After all, if it wasn’t for the fact that we own the buildings you would think we were trying to skip out on paying the rent; that’s ...

How Can I Determine if an OU is Blocking Group Policy Inheritance?

October 26, 2005 Oct 26, 2005 10/26/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if an OU has the Group Policy property Block Policy Inheritance box checked?-- PP(image) (image) (image) Hey, PP. You know, sometimes you wait all your life for a situation to arise, and then it never arises. For example, one of the Scripting Guys happens to know all nine verses to the song ...

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