Parsing Error Codes
Errors happen but sometimes displayed error messages aren't the easiest format to read. ErrorParser.hta solves this problem by converting decimal, hexadecimal, and negative-number system and network error codes into standard error messages.
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Use ADO for Easy AD Searches
Organizing user accounts using AD can make your IT structure more manageable and flexible, but will also result in arduous account searches. Using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) scripts to search AD will simplify your searches and help you find what you need.
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Getting the Dell Express Service Code
DellSerial.js can shorten the call time required when you need to work with Dell's technical support team. This script also demonstrates how JScript is sometimes easier to use than VBScript.
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February 13, 2008
Finding Stale Accounts in Active Directory
StaleAccounts.js, a new tool written in JScript, makes finding stale accounts in Active Directory (AD) easy. It searches using the lastLogon, lastLogonTimestamp, or pwdLastSet attributes, and it can look for either user or computer objects.
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December 5, 2007
Emailing Users Before Their Passwords Expire
Interactive logon password expiration notification works only for users who are logging onto the domain by using a Windows OS client. PwdNotify.js uses the email address specified in AD to email users whose passwords will soon expire.
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July 5, 2007
Finding a User’s Last Logon
The JScript script this article presents lets you discover exactly when a user last logged on to the domain. It also tells you which server authenticated the logon, and it doesn’t require Windows Server 2003 forest functional mode.
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Rename Files by Using Regular Expressions
Regular expressions turn a simple WSH script into a flexible tool for renaming a group of files or folders. Walk through the Renamer.js script and see regular expressions in action.
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Rem
This month, Bill Stewart shows you how to use a user’s logon to determine a distinguished name and how to determine the date and time an AD domain password expires.
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December 11, 2006
Display CSV Files in an HTA
CSV files can be tedious to look at. Here’s an HTML application that gives you an ideal way to quickly and easily view CSV files and a look at the scripting behind it.
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Per-Machine Printer GUI
If you could use an easy, graphical way to manage network printers for all the users of a computer at one shot, we have the script for you.
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