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I had posted a while back about the dreaded Checkbox of Doom which is a real pain in the Migration Scenarios where few AD Users might be marked as protected (Admincount = 1) but we don't really know which Group membership (marked as protected) might be causing this.  Shout out to MVP Ace Fekay for providing his insights on the topic :) It becomes a pain when the Groups are nested multiple levels and to determine which Portected Groups membership the User have which might be causing the Inheritance disabled (checkbox of doom). [Update]  Fellow friend and MVP Guido Oliveira highlighted that he had come across an issue where the AdminCount was once set to 1 when the User was part of a Protected Group. Once he was removed from the Group as per the Wiki Link shared at the end the AdminCount and the Inheritance will still be disabled so this Function can hunt those accounts too. Function is up for download @Technet : Click Here Read below on how to use the Script and...

Many people who use plain Vanilla ISE are not familiar with this small trick which was added in PowerShell v3. In PowerShell v3 ISE you can comment/uncomment lines of code without installing any Add-Ons : Comment Code : Press Alt + Shift + Up/Down arrow key to select lines Once lines are selected, Press "#" to comment Uncomment Code : Follow the same Key shortcut to select text [Alt + Shift + Up/Down]. Once selected , Press Delete . Below is a animated GIF showing this in Action :