What is Microsoft System Center? May 2006 Newsletter

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Q. How can I create a file that contains the usernames and email addresses for a specific organizational unit (OU) or Container?

A. The following script, which you can download here, outputs to file with a pipe (|) delimiter a user's given name, surname (sn), and email address. This output file can then be read into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with the pipe set as the delimiter for cell-based access to the data.

  Option Explicit    
Dim strFilePath, strLdapPath, objFSO, objFile, objConnection, objChild    
' Check all arguments required have been passed  If Wscript.Arguments.Count   required. For example:" & vbCrLf _  & "cscript listuserswithemail.vbs ou=test,dc=demo,dc=test c:User.txt"     Wscript.Quit(0)  End If    
strLdapPath = Wscript.Arguments(0)    
strFilePath = Wscript.Arguments(1)    
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")    
  ' Open the file for write access.  On Error Resume Next  Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFilePath, 2, True, 0)  If Err.Number  0 Then  On Error GoTo 0  Wscript.Echo "File " & strFilePath & " cannot be opened"  Wscript.Quit(1)  End If  On Error GoTo 0    
Set objConnection = GetObject("LDAP://" & strLdapPath)  objConnection.Filter = Array("user")    
For Each objChild In objConnection  WScript.Echo objChild.Name & vbTab & objChild.givenName & " " _    & objChild.sn & " " & objChild.mail   objFile.WriteLine objChild.givenName & "|" & objChild.sn & "|" & objChild.mail  Next    
' Close file connection  objFile.Close    
Wscript.Echo "Operation Completed"  

Run the script using the following command: D:Temp>cscript listuserswithemail.vbs "ou=justice league,dc=savilltech,dc=com" listuserswithemail.txt

The script produced this output when run on my system:

CN=Arthur Curry Arthur Curry [email protected] CN=Barry Allen Barry Allen [email protected] CN=Bruce Wayne Bruce Wayne [email protected] CN=Wally West Wally West [email protected]

Q. What is Microsoft System Center?

A. Microsoft is rebranding its Systems Management Server (SMS) and Microsoft Operations Management (MOM) products to be part of the Microsoft System Center line of products. Here's what's new in the Microsoft System Center line:

You can find more information about System Center at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/systemcenter/default.mspx.

Q. How do I uninstall the Novell NetWare client?

A. To uninstall the NetWare client, perform these steps:

Q. What changes has Microsoft made to the Windows Genuine Advantage tool?

A. On April 25, 2006, Microsoft released a high-priority update to the Windows Genuine Advantage tool, which you can read about in the article "Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=905474 ). The tool performs more intrusive reminders if your copy of Windows XP isn't genuine. Specifically, these changes are: