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Building a HomeLab in 2019 - The Overview
Welcome to my HomeLab! This has been a lab that has been kicking around my home for the last 7 years, and boy does it have a story now. Just a quick note: So I am sure that I will be adding to this as I progress through this rabit...
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Finding the App Bundle ID of iOS Apps
Recently I needed to create a home screen and dock layout but soon released that I couldn’t do anything until I had a valid App bundle ID. So I went and started to look around for this Bundle ID and came short. Where was I meant to get this bundle...
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How to Mount a USB to Raspberry Pi
Occasionally you might find that you need to mount a USB to a Raspberry Pi to access or transfer some data to the onboard MicroSD card. Most of the time you will be running some flavour of linux which does not automatically mount the USB like Windows traditional would. You...
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How to backup a RaspberryPi
Since owning a couple of Raspberry Pi’s I have always wondered if the SD card failed, would I have to either install all the apps again that I had initially put on there or even worse re-create any scripts I had on there. If your like me, and don’t particularly...
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Been a while...
So yeah, its been quite a while! So much has changed since the last post. I have gotten married, I quit my job and soon to be walking into a new one. But most importantly I have a couple of small little projects I have been busily working on. Firstly,...
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Been a while..
So yeah, its been quite a while! So much has changed since the last post. I have gotten married, I quit my job and soon to be walking into a new one. But most importantly I have a couple of small little projects I have been busily working on. Firstly,...
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Dynamic AD Groups using Powershell
So what do I mean when I say Dynamic AD Groups? I look at it in a number of stages. Based from groups selected by the business, return each groups members where specific attributes are checked and match Department, Title and Office values. Again these values are noted by the...
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Task Sequence Variables build in SCCM
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/osd/understand/task-sequence-variables
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SCCM Task Sequence Variables
With the following ComObjects you can easily read/ write and create task sequence variables. To use TS variables in a powershell script use the following lines of code; To initialize the ComObject while in TS: $tsenv = New-Object -COMObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment To display a TS variable value use: $tsenv.Value("OSDComputerName") To write...
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SCCM Client – Not able to find a site to manage client
A little while ago I had a problem where a client I was working on kept failing to locate the site. Normally when you get an error like this you tend to find there are missing tabs and maybe a missing site code etc. The location services log file was...
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Re-Run Task Sequence Tool 1.0
When you’re working with ConfigMgr 2012 and task sequences, these tend to fail now and then. I’ve previously blogged about how you can re-run a required task sequence that is deployed to a client where it has for some reason failed. That blog post can be found here. Instead of logging...
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Re-Check Policy (Available Task Sequences) when in WinPE
Have you ever booted up a device, and forgotten to distribute a package or make a change to a step? Usually you would just reboot to PXE and waste another 5-10mins booting up right? Well you can actually reload the manager window again when it fails. When the TS fails...
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PS2EXE-GUI: “Convert” PowerShell Scripts to EXE Files with GUI
All of you know the fabulous script PS2EXE by Ingo Karstein you can download here: PS2EXE : “Convert” PowerShell Scripts to EXE Files. Unfortunately Ingo seems to have stopped working on his script so I overworked his script with some error fixes, improvements and output support for non-console WinForms scripts...
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PowerShell Behavior Checking idea’s
As mentioned in the header, I say idea’s as there a plenty of creative ways to put in some type of logic to ensure that your script is behaving as it should. One example of this could be to check if a file is located in a certain directory; #Behavior...
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How to Install and Configure SCCM PowerBI Dashboard
https://www.systemcenterdudes.com/sccm-power-bi-dashboard-installation/
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How to create a Hyper-V Manager shortcut in Windows 10
The other day I installed Hyper-V on a Windows 10 Enterprise machine and noticed that it didn’t create the Hyper-V Manager icon in start menu under Administrative Tools. 1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut. 2. Copy...
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Delete OS Version index files install.wim with DISM
dism /Get-WimInfo /wimfile:”C:\Users\e-marnoldus\Desktop\Windows Server 2012 R2 x64\sources\install.wim” Index : 1 Name : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARDCORE Description : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARDCORE Size : 6,897,618,255 bytes Index : 2 Name : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARD Description : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARD Size : 12,069,723,893 bytes Index...
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Powershell Filename One-Liners
The following PowerShell commands are one liners to help you easily organise multiple filenames at once. Remove the same part of a filename from many files that match a filetype: If you have multiple files with the same pattern in the filename for example in the picture below Radiohead...
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PowerShell Script - Word (*.docx) to PDF (*.pdf)
Convert a folder containing multiple docx files to pdf automatically. $path = “Directory of Word DOCX Files” #Target directory for converting Word files $word_app = New-Object -ComObject Word.Application #Convert .doc and .docx to .pdf Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Filter *.doc? | ForEach-Object { $document = $word_app.Documents.Open($_.FullName) $pdf_filename = “$($_.DirectoryName)\$($_.BaseName).pdf” $document.SaveAs([ref] $pdf_filename,...
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SCCM Report Query which shows all Successes and Failures from all Task Sequences
So recently I had a requirement where I needed to see failures of all task sequences deployed in an environment and report on the success or failure rates. So I came up with a report just to do it. To set it up go to Monitoring > System Status >...
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Powercfg command-line options
Use powercfg.exe to control power plans—also called power schemes—to use the available sleep states, to control the power states of individual devices, and to analyze the system for common energy-efficiency and battery-life problems. Syntax Powercfg command lines use the following syntax: powercfg /option [arguments ] [ /?] where option is one of the options listed in the...
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How to fix a Corrupted USB Drive using CMD
Ever seen this message on any of your USB drives before? The other day I did. If this has happened to you there is one trick I used to get access back to the drive. Plug in your USB drive. Open an elevated CMD window. In the CMD window type...
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Documenting your SCCM Task Sequence
One thing that a lot of people might not be aware of is that you have the ability to export an XML version of an SCCM task sequence then style the XML into something useable. Then with a little editing and an additional stylesheet, you can then produce a nicely presented document....
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Intel AMT on a Dell Device
Intel AMT for Dell devices - Currently dealing with Dell devices at a customer site and they have requested that this feature is enabled in the BIOS. Looking through the BIOS there’s no reference to AMT found. As I found out today this is something that can only be set...
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Setting up Multicast in SCCM CB
So recently I had the opportunity to think about multicast again. Unfortunately in a previous setup I never really achieved multicast properly and as I had not enough time to properly investigate it, it got left in the dust. Over the last couple of days, I picked it back up again...
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What happens when you hide Facebook from your phone's home screen
Worth the read.
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SCCM Site Maintenance Task Powershell Module
I was getting ready to upgrade our ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 site server to R2 (I know, I’m a little behind the times!) and one of the tasks I needed to do was disable all the site maintenance tasks while the upgrade is being performed. I started to document all the...
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Creating a Real Looking user accounts in Active Directory Labs
To do this I first go to the Fake Name Generator page and select from the menu the Order in Bulk option, click on the checkbox to accept the terms of services and select as output Comma separated (.csv) Now on step 3, I can select the name set and the country for...
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BitLocker during a Task Sequence
Here are some simple steps that you can add to your Task Sequences to be able to detect, disable, and enable BitLocker status. This can be useful (and necessary) when performing activities like flashing the BIOS, running the new MBR2GPT utility, or upgrading to a newer version of Windows. In Configuration...
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Install TVHeadend/ tvhProxy for Plex to use as a TV Tuner
Update (23/10/2019) : As many of you now know, Plex replaced FreeEPG with IceTV which now no longer lets us use open source solutions like TVHeadend Server. Unfortunately due to this change, the below guide now no longer works within Australia and a couple of other countries which use the...
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Kaiser Baas USB TV Tuner (STK7700D) - 32bit
Seems that locating drivers for this USB TV Tuner is difficult now. Kaiser Baas does not seem to keep any legacy devices anymore and they no longer make TV Tuners. My Google-fu didn’t seem to come up with anything either so I had to go on the hunt for the...
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User Account Control or UAC
So while doing some study prep on Windows 10 topics, I came across a section outline the workings of User Account Control or UAC. I know exhilarating stuff! Now this may or may not be common knowledge and if I am just repeating myself on content everyone already knows I...
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Deploy Google Chrome Add-Ins via Group Policy
It is possible to deploy Google Chrome Extensions via Group Policy. It is broken up into the following steps: Retrieve the extension ID and the update URL of the Chrome extension Configure Group Policy settings to deploy the Chrome extension Deploy Extensions based on Security Group membership Test Retrieve the...
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Windows 10 Servicing Plans
As you deploy Windows 10 CB, you can create one or more servicing plans to define the deployment rings that you want in your environment, and then monitor them in the Windows 10 servicing dashboard inside SCCM. Servicing plans use only the Upgrades software updates classification, not cumulative updates for...
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Using VMWare Tools or Open-VM-Tools
In 2007, VMware released large partitions of the VMware Tools as open-source software under the name, open-vm-tools (open virtual machine tools). They are now included in many Linux distributions, such as Debian, and can thus be obtained directly from the distribution repository. Open-VM-Tools As stated at the beginning of this article the...
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PowerShell - Notes for Professionals
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language. Initially a Windows component only, known as Windows PowerShell, it was made open-source and cross-platform in August 2016 with the introduction of PowerShell Core. The former is built on .NET...
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Enable Windows Spotlight via GPO
User Configuration/ Policies/ Administrative Templates/ Windows Components/ Cloud Content/ Configure Windows Spotlight on Lock Screen Description: This policy setting lets you configure Windows spotlight on the lock screen. If you enable this policy setting, “Windows spotlight” will be set as the lock screen provider and users will not be...
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AD Photo Synchronization with Windows 10
By default, the Windows 10 (1607 in the example images below) user profile picture shows a blank person picture. This can be changed by having a group policy pull down a picture from Active Directory and set it for the user for each workstation they log into. There are two...
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Set Application Icon Size in Software Center using Powershell
In this post I will show how to change the sizing of an application icon in Software Center using Powershell from this; [caption id=”attachment_1053” align=”alignnone” width=”769”] Small Software Center Icons[/caption] to this; [caption id=”attachment_1054” align=”alignnone” width=”775”] Big Software Center Icons[/caption] If you have recently upgraded to SCCM 1710,...
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Software Center Customisation's finally a thing!
In SCCM 1710, you can now finally customise Software Center to match branding for you company. To do this, go into the Client Settings, and click on the Software Center tab. Put in your companies logo and colors. and give it a couple of minutes, and…. Custom Software Center.
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SCCM Device Collections based on Enclosure Type
SCCM Create Collections for Laptops In Configuration Manager a query is a specific set of instructions that extract information about a defined set of objects. You can create queries and store them in the Configuration Manager 2012 site database. By running a query, you replace the database for information about the objects...
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Remove People Hub from the task menu in Windows 10 1709
You can disable it via GPO, though you need the 1709 .admx templates. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56121 The setting is under: User Configuration->Policies->Administrative Templates->Start Menu and Taskbar->Remove the People Bar from the taskbar.
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Understand the different apps included in Windows 10
The following types of apps run on Windows 10: Windows apps - introduced in Windows 8, primarily installed from the Store app. Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps - designed to work across platforms, can be installed on multiple platforms including Windows client, Windows Phone, and Xbox. All UWP apps are...
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Powershell: Removing UWP apps from Windows 10 1607/ 1703/ 1709
When deploying Windows 10 1607/1703/1709 you might want to remove some of the included UWP apps to help speed up the log in process, save storage space, bandwidth etc. There’s a few different ways you can do this. This post will also cover how to remove UWP apps for the...
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No keyboard on the integrated MS Surface Laptop when booting into WinPE
So the other day I was dealing with a Surface Laptop device, brand new out of the box. Once booted up into WinPE, the integrated keyboard on the Surface Laptop did not work. To fix this you need to load the following .INF’s from the MSI driver pack from Microsoft...
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ConfigMgr 2012 : Deploy VMWare Tools During OSD
Adding an ‘intelligent’ VMWare Tools installation ensures that all of your VM’s get the necessary drivers and tools automatically during Operating System Deployment. Using WMI we can ensure that the tools are only deployed to VMWare machines. 1. Create a VMWare Tools Package Copy the contents of the VMWare Tools CD...
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SCCM Queries and the power of ##PRM:[VARIABLE-NAME]##
Many years ago I built a quick query in SCCM which replaceed the database for a device that had a particular MAC address. It works, and it does what it needs to do and this is where I left it. It’s a pain in the ass to go into the...
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Windows Build Numbers
So sitting in a meeting today, and while discussing Windows as a Service the explanation of Windows Build numbers was explained. Have a look at the picture above, can you see something you may have not noticed before? Look at the Build numbers.. So Microsoft organise their Build numbers by...
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"Make available to the following..." greyed out SCCM
When you are deploying an Operating System using SCCM task sequence you may notice that the options under Make available to the following is greyed out and by default the value is set to Only Configuration Manager clients. You will see this behaviour because the newly created task sequence doesn’t...
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Download all C++ installs using powershell
Every time I have to make a fresh package for Visual C++ for a build and capture I cringe, because I know I will be spending the next couple of hours rounding up all the downloads like some cowboy navigating the wild west. Today that changes. This is why powershell...
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IT Stuff - New additions and a new domain!
Hi everyone, Happy New Year! As you may or may not have noticed there have been some slight changes to the site. Most notably the domain change. This has been on my to-do list for quite some time and today I finally got around to it, yay! Change Log: Domain...
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Install Organizr using Docker – HTPC/Homelab services organizer
Wouldn’t it be nice to have all your services gathered in one location, with an easy to remember the link? Today you will learn how to install Organizr using Docker in just a few minutes. Organizr is a web-based application that tries to act as a hub for all your...
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Install Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 to run apps in containers
In this post, I will show you how to install Docker on Ubuntu Server 16.04 to enable apps in containers. Confused or don’t know what I am talking about? Please read my previous post on what is docker and how it compares to Virtual Machines. In short, Docker is a new...
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Migrate/move VestaCP Installation with files
I’ve moved VestaCP installations so fast that by the time a customer started the checkout page in Sydney, they submitted their order to Amsterdam. This is best achieved with Cloudflare as there will be absolutely no downtime, whatsoever. First make sure there is a new VestaCP installation on your new...
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Customise Linux Bash
http://ezprompt.net
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How to Factory Reset and Test Ports On a Dell PowerConnect 6224, 6248, 6224P, 6248P
The following guide is an entry level tutorial on how to both factory default a Dell Powerconnect 6200 series switch and how to test the switches ports at the same time. Factory defaulting the switch is an easy process that will ensure you start with a clean slate when troubleshooting any switch...
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WMIC Query Get Serial Number
wmic bios get serialnumber
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Setup Rust Server using SteamCMD on Windows
System Requirements The Rust server can be taxing on your host but maybe not as much as you would think. As a baseline a 3 square km (default gen size) map freshly generated will run at close to 2 gigabytes of ram. After some stress testing and 150k entities later, can...
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The Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Azure Second Edition
The Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Azure to help you on your journey to the cloud, whether you’re just considering making the move, or you’ve already decided and are underway. This e-book was written by developers for developers. And it is specifically meant to give you, as a developer, a fundamental...
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How to Create a List of Your Installed Programs on Windows using Powershell
PowerShell is one of the most powerful things built into Windows, so of course it can do something as simple as list your installed programs. In fact, all you need is one command, which you can copy and paste right from this page. First, open PowerShell by clicking on the Start...
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Get the Getting Started with PowerShell
Learn the fundamentals of PowerShell to build reusable scripts and functions to automate administrative tasks with Windows [pdf-embedder url=”./images/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/w_pacb53.pdf”] Download
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Office365 for Dummies 2nd Edition
This book is about understanding Microsoft Office 365. This book looks at the cloud in general to give you the fundamentals and then dives into the specifics of the Microsoft cloud. The Office 365 product consists of a number of sub-products and applications and the book walks you through most...
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Docker for Windows
Docker is a platform for running server applications in lightweight units called containers. You can run Docker on Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, and run your existing apps in containers to get significant improvements in efficiency, security, and portability. This book teaches you all you need to know about...
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10747A - Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
This course describes how to configure and manage a Microsoft® System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site and its associated site systems. The course focuses on day-to-day management tasks for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and not site deployment or site configuration, which is covered in course 10748A: Deploying Microsoft® System...
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Show Product key from UEFI
https://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/2577-showkeyplus.html
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Setting the fan speed of the Dell R610/R710
https://github.com/NoLooseEnds/Scripts/tree/master/R710-IPMI-TEMP
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Install Grafana and InfluxDB on Ubuntu Server 17.04
This quickstart assumes you know how to install Ubuntu and access it through a terminal (command line). EDIT: There seems to be a bug with the latest stable version of Grafana (2.6) and running on a headless system such as the one I’m describing here (Ubuntu Server). This bug causes icons...
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ACAD Install Silent with License
: The following command line will install all components of the deployment. This is the recommended method of advertising Autodesk deployments using SMS or SCCM Please refer to the SMS_SCCM ReadMe found in the same folder as this file .\Img\Setup.exe /W /q /I Img\Autodesk Autocad 2018.ini /language en-us The following...
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How to reset NTFS permissions with ICACLS
File and folder permissions are really important to Windows. Sometimes a user may mess with the permissions causing software or even the operating system to work in an undesired way. There’s a simple way to solve this kind of problems without headaches, using the ICACLS command. Launch the command prompt as an Administrator and navigate through the tree...
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*Unconfirmed Fix* HP Elite USB-C Dock & HP USB-C to RJ45 adapter : Network not working with SCCM
The problem: During WinPE the dock’s RJ45 was getting an IP and progressing through the beginning steps of the task sequence fine. However when the machine booted the driver did not come back up until you un-plugged and re-plugged the type C adapter. This also occured with HP’s USB-C to...
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Nullsoft Silent Install
Silent Installers/Uninstallers Silent installers are installers which require no user intervention and have no user interface. The user doesn’t see any dialog and isn’t asked any questions. This is useful for network administrators who wish to install or uninstall something without user intervention so they can perform the operation quickly...
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Create a desktop shortcut with powershell
$WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut(“$Home\Desktop\AppName.lnk”) $Shortcut.TargetPath = “C:\BonSAI_2014\AppName.exe” $Shortcut.Save()
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Run a powershell command in a task sequence
If you require ExecutionPolicy parameters to run command run this: PowerShell.exe -NoProfile -Command “Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass LocalMachine” -Force Command Line with Powershell command; PowerShell.exe -NoProfile -Command “Commands here” -Force
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Deploying Driver Updates to Existing Machines
I recently ran into a challenge at a client that I had not dealt with before. We were working on cleanup items post-deployment of their new Windows 7 desktop when Kraft & Kennedy was asked to put together a number of updates for deployment to the new desktop. One of...
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Close the Click to Run Client after deployment in a task sequence
Run the following command to close the Click to Run client after deploying it in a task sequence. Leave a couple of steps before closing the client! Stop-Process -ProcessName OfficeC2RClient
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Patch Compliance Reporting in Configuration Manager with PowerBI
If you’ve done any work with System Center Configuration Manager sooner or later, you’ll get asked about leveraging it for patching. It might even be one of the first questions you get from management. That’s great because after all, patching with ConfigMgr is relatively simple provided you are allowed time...
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How to import a powershell module
Open a powershell prompt as admin. Change directory to the location of the *.psm1 file. Type the following: Import-Module “.\This-is-a-powershell-module.psm1” Based on the module instruction you should now have the module now integrated into powershell.
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Get SQL Server Product Keys for Local and Remote Servers
Note: On June 2, 2015, Get-SqlServerKeys was changed from a script to a module. Using a string of servers, a text file, or Central Management Server to provide a list of servers, this script obtains the product key and versions for all installed instances on a server or cluster. Supports...
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ConfigMgr 1710 TP – Software Center Improvements
TECHNICAL PREVIEW 1710 FOR CONFIGURATION MANAGER If you work with System Center Configuration Manager also known as SCCM(don’t say that too loud) you may be familiar with the monthly Technical Previews. These monthly previews show incremental improvements to the product, the majority of which come from User Voice. It is no...
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SCCM Image Troubleshooting
1. Purpose The purpose of this document is to outline the troubleshooting steps taken to remedy some problems that might occur while re-imaging student and/or staff laptops or desktop computers. 2. Assumptions This document makes the following assumptions; You have access to CMTrace.exe. All hardware faults have been rectified. The...
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Airwatch Problem : Win10 Enrollment Terms of Use error
Thank you for your patience. I believe we have identified where the issue is, and I found that our document doesn’t clearly 1 more step require for Azure integration. Please refer to the following documentation link, and please follow the documentation except additional information below, which is not stated in...
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Airwatch Guide - Windows Desktop Platform Guide
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Software Center Troubleshooting
1. Purpose The purpose of this document is to outline the troubleshooting steps taken to remedy some problems that might occur with Software Center. 2. Assumptions This document makes the following assumptions; The computer has been restarted The computer has been diagnosed to rule out any hardware/ software problems that...
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App-V: The Application Failed to Launch
Working with an RDS environment we are using Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) to run Navision 2009 SP1. This should work with other App-V applications deployed with SCCM as well. I came accross an error code: 0x7D800D2A-000003F1 Navision would no longer launch, i tried a reboot and repair of the App-V...
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Calculate HomeLab Costs (Rough Estimate)
Find the daily energy consumption using the following formula:(Wattage × Hours Used Per Day) ÷ 1000 = Daily Kilowatt-hour (kWh) consumption Find the annual energy consumption using the following formula: Daily kWh consumption × number of days per quarter = quarterly energy consumption Find the annual cost to run the...
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The site and its subsites
SELECT SiteCode, SiteName, Version, ServerName FROM sms_siteandsubsites Result:
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Specific SOE Version (Requires registry value to read from)
Win10: select SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_G_System_SPC64.SOEVersion, SMS_G_System_SPC64.BuildDate from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SPC64 on SMS_G_System_SPC64.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId order by SMS_G_System_SPC64.SOEVersion Win8.1: select SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_G_System_SPC64.SOEVersion, SMS_G_System_SPC64.BuildDate from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SPC64 on SMS_G_System_SPC64.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId order by SMS_G_System_SPC64.SOEVersion Results:
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Show Operating System Versions in environment
select distinct SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM.Caption, SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM.CSDVersion, SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM.BuildNumber, SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM.Version, SMS_R_System.NetbiosName from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId Results:
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Query Systems for specific software installed
select SMS_R_System.Name from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct on SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct.ProductName = “Autodesk® Inventor® 2015” or SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct.ProductName = “Autodesk Inventor” Results:
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Model Query
SELECT SMS_R_System.ResourceID, SMS_R_System.ResourceType, SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_System.Client FROM SMS_R_System INNER JOIN SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM ON SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId WHERE SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Model = “OptiPlex 3020” Results:
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Last logged on user
select distinct SMS_R_System.LastLogonUserName, SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.LastLogonTimestamp from SMS_R_System order by SMS_R_System.Name Results:
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Hostname with a specific MAC address
UPDATE: This post has now been superseded by SCCM Queries and the power of PRMVariable Name select SMS_R_System.ResourceId, SMS_R_System.ResourceType, SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_System.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.MACAddresses = “50:3F:56:00:BB:B4” Results:
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Does not have a specific update patch
select SMS\_R\_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS\_R\_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS\_R\_SYSTEM.Name,SMS\_R\_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS\_R\_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS\_R\_SYSTEM.Client from SMS\_R\_System inner join SMS\_G\_System\_ADD\_REMOVE\_PROGRAMS\_64 on SMS\_G\_System\_ADD\_REMOVE\_PROGRAMS\_64.ResourceId = SMS\_R\_System.ResourceId where SMS\_G\_System\_ADD\_REMOVE\_PROGRAMS\_64.DisplayName like "%KB4012213%" Results:
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Deployment Monitoring
select SMS_StatusMessage.*, SMS_StatMsgInsStrings.*, SMS_StatMsgAttributes.*, SMS_StatMsgAttributes.AttributeTime from SMS_StatusMessage left join SMS_StatMsgInsStrings on SMS_StatMsgInsStrings.RecordID = SMS_StatusMessage.RecordID left join SMS_StatMsgAttributes on SMS_StatMsgAttributes.RecordID = SMS_StatusMessage.RecordID where SMS_StatMsgAttributes.AttributeID = 401 and SMS_StatMsgAttributes.AttributeValue = “PAT20047” and SMS_StatMsgAttributes.AttributeTime >= ##PRM:SMS_StatMsgAttributes.AttributeTime## order by SMS_StatMsgAttributes.AttributeTime DESC Results:
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ConfigMgr Clients not upgraded to new ConfigMgr 2012
select Name, ClientVersion, ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, LastLogonUserDomain, LastLogonUserName, ADSiteName, IPAddresses, ResourceId, ResourceType from SMS_R_System where Client = 1 and ClientVersion < ‘5.00’ and ClientType != 3 Results:
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GeoGebra PS Wrapper
#Install GeoGebra and create a shortcut in start menu Write-Host Installing GeoGebra Start-Process -FilePath “GeoGebra-Windows-Installer-6-0-392-0.exe” -ArgumentList /quiet -Wait Write-Host Completed #Create Start Menu Shortcut Write-Host Creating Shortcut New-Item ‘C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\GeoGebra’ -type Directory Copy-Item “.\GeoGebra.lnk”,”.\GeoGebraGeometry.lnk”,”.\GeoGebraGraphing.lnk” -Destination “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\GeoGebra” $DesktopPath = [Environment]::GetFolderPath(“Desktop”) cd $DesktopPath Remove-Item “.\undefined.lnk” Write-Host Completed
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Windows 10: Start Menu/Cortana Not Working Due To AppLocker GPO
Has imaging machines with Windows 10 turned into a nightmare because the Start Menu, Cortana, and even the Action Center would not work once the Domain GPO had been pushed to the machines? I had gone through what seemed like 100s’ of blogs and tried everything they suggested and nothing...
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NEW-LABUSERS.PS1 Is a powershell script to create active directory users in a test lab
I build a lot of test and demo Active Directory environments, and one of the steps is creating a bunch of user accounts for testing purposes. I’ve done this in the past with a few different scripts that others have published, but never had one that worked exactly the way...
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Windows 10 1703 - Adding new features admin prompt after image
Yeah it can be a bit of a pain! If you apply the following GPO and then try it again, it should get around the problem. Computer Configuration»Administrative Templates»System»Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair You can set it to enabled and specify the settings or just set...
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Powershell Wrapper - Package Deployment Script Parameters
powershell.exe -Executionpolicy Bypass -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -File .\MyWrapperHere.ps1
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Powershell Wrapper - Adobe Digital Editions 4.5
#Powershell Wrapper made by Kieren Anderson #Wrapper to install Adobe Digital Editions #Install ADE Start-Process “.\ADE_4.5_Installer.exe” -ArgumentList “/s” -wait #Cleanup shortcuts Remove-Item “C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.lnk” Remove-Item “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\Help.lnk” Remove-Item “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\Home Page.lnk” Remove-Item “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\Uninstall.lnk”
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How To Set Up pfSense 2.3 for AirVPN
Available from this link here: https://airvpn.org/topic/17444-how-to-set-up-pfsense-23-for-airvpn/#entry40140 [pdf-embedder url=”https://gitea.andersonfamilynetwork.com/kanderson/Old_WP_Content/raw/branch/master//wp-content/uploads/2017/08/How-To-Set-Up-pfSense-2.pdf” title=”How To Set Up pfSense 2”]
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SCCM Operation Device Collection
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Set-of-Operational-SCCM-19fa8178#content
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My great big backup
Let me paint you a picture: So its 10pm on a Saturday night and I’m sitting on my file server trying to get a couple of large files from it and its giving me some weird problems. Slow speed, files coming through corrupted and what not. Give the big file...
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Delete folders that go over the 248 character limit
I’ve created a PowerShell function that is able to delete a long path (>260) using the mentioned robocopy technique: function Remove-PathToLongDirectory { Param( [string]$directory ) # create a temporary (empty) directory $parent = \[System.IO.Path\]::GetTempPath() \[string\] $name = \[System.Guid\]::NewGuid() $tempDirectory = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Join-Path $parent $name) robocopy /MIR $tempDirectory.FullName $directory...
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Add remote desktop firewall rule
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/947709/how-to-use-the-netsh-advfirewall-firewall-context-instead-of-the-netsh netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”remote desktop” new enable=Yes
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Installing Service Manager 2012 R2
13 Nov step by step installing System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager Posted at 21:07h in System Center by Ricky Gao Lab is always the first place for people to trying out the new technologies, same as mine. So what I want to achieve in my local lab is to build a whole system center 2012...
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Robocopy with Progress bar
function Copy-WithProgress { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $Source , [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $Destination , [int] $Gap = 200 , [int] $ReportGap = 2000 ) # Define regular expression that will gather number of bytes copied $RegexBytes = '(?<=\s+)\d+(?=\s+)'; #region Robocopy params # MIR = Mirror mode...
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Delete all network mapped drives
NET USE * /d /y
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Finding all file sizes with the "du" command of current directory
The following command will display all files and folders sorted by MegaBytes. du –max-depth=1 sort -n awk ‘BEGIN {OFMT = “%.0f”} {print $1/1024,”MB”, $2}’ You should see an output of all your folders with the size of them in megabytes similar to the following: 0 MB ./.htpasswds 0 MB ./.trash...
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Check linux file sizes
df or du -sh /*
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How to send a email via powershell
[June 27, 2014] Update: I’ve made several updates, including multiple recipients and sending attachments. If you’ve created a PowerShell script that runs as a scheduled task, you may want to have it send you an e-mail with a log file or other notification about what the script did or didn’t do...
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Group Policy and compatibility with Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 11 has many Group Policy entries that can be configured for keeping your environment managed and safe. This table includes all of our recommendations around security, performance, and compatibility with the previous versions of Internet Explorer, regardless of which Zone the website is in.
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Service Manager Data Warehouse databases getting very big
SCSM Data Warehouse jobs may fail because the DW databases run out of disk space. You can verify this by looking in Operations Manager event log entries on the DW Management server for errors. You can also directly go to the SQL Server machine and check for free disk space....
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How to sync on-premises Active Directory to Azure Active Directory with Azure AD Connect?
Synchronizing users’ identities between local and cloud directories is a great way to let users access different resources on both on-premises and cloud environments with just a single set of credentials. To achieve that, you need to use Azure AD Connect to integrate your on-premises Active Directory with Azure AD....
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PS Email Automate
Start-Process Outlook $o = New-Object -com Outlook.Application $mail = $o.CreateItem(0) #2 = high importance email header $mail.importance = 0 $mail.subject = “Outlook Freeze test“ $mail.body = “This is a test“ #for multiple email, use semi-colon ; to separate $mail.To = “yourname@yoursite.qld.edu.au” $mail.Send() $o.Quit()
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How to Prevent Windows from Automatically Updating Specific Drivers
Windows–especially Windows 10–has a bad habit of installing new updates for hardware drivers whether you want them or not. You could go big and simply prevent Windows from downloading updates altogether, or you might have luck blocking or hiding updates. But if you’ve got the Pro or Enterprise version of Windows, you...
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HTML div style button
tss.seedsofgames.com https://discord.gg/pebYb7S Join us @ Facebook © 2015 - 2017 SeedsOfGames.com
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Install NodeBB
Ensure you have installed MongoDB before progressing any further.. sudo apt install mongodb When your server has finished being generated, you will receive an email with your server IP address, root user (usually root) and your password. You can then connect to the server with PuTTy. Create a MongoDB database...
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Integrate Windows Store for Business with System Center Configuration Manager
The Windows Store for Business allows you to inventory Windows apps for your organization -individually or in volume. By connecting the Store for Business to Configuration Manager, you can synchronize the list of apps you’ve add to your inventory with Configuration Manager, view these in the Configuration Manager console, and deploy...
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How to allow concurrent RDP sessions in Windows 10 without modifying system files
Concurrent remote sessions allow multiple users to access the operating system to run applications simultaneously, using their user’s profiles, email, etc. always simultaneously. It is a feature found in Windows server versions and it’s a Microsoft technology that requires unitary license per simultaneous user. With the program we are going to...
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How to Customize a PC’s Manufacturer & Support Info in Windows
If you’ve ever used a computer built by a large manufacturer, such as Dell or HP, you’ve likely noticed the custom information in the System section of the Windows Control Panel. Manufacturers often add a computer’s make and model, a custom logo, and support information to this window in order...
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How to troubleshoot an OSD to a raw disk #OSD troubleshooting / workaround
I was implementing a SCCM 2012 R2 environment at a customer. The customer bought new Lenovo Desktops with a SSD 128GB disks. The disks were not preconfigured. The disks were new and not been used by the vendor. So, the disks were raw. Raw disk can be a problem for...
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How to deploy a Windows Image on UEFI-based Computers
In an earlier post I described how to deploy a Windows Image on UEFI-based Computers using PXE boot. This post can be found here:Blogpost. This time I want to deploy a Windows image on a Hyper-V Generation 2 VM using ConfigMgr boot media. Because Generation 2 is using UEFI and...
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Error Code: 2568 insufficient client permissions
This error message says one or more permissions the TSViewer does require are not allowed on the server. Step 1 - enable Advanced permission system Open the TeamSpeak 3 client. Click at the top menubar on Settings and then Options. The Options window is now open. Click there then on the left sidebar...
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Ubuntu - Change permissions on a folder
sudo chown -R -v USERNAME /var/www/ *To change ownership of the folder* sudo chown -R -v ubuntu /var/www/
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HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error - SCCM 2012 SP1 - Windows Server 2012 - WSUS x64
Please browse through MP URL from Client machines Url to check MP is working or not: http://smsservername/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist - if page display MP list, MP is working fine. http://smsservername/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpcert - if a longstring appears, MP is working fine. If the MP is not working, it will cause all...
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NMAP - Display all devices on a subnet
nmap -sP 192.168.x.0/24 - Replace IP with default gateway
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Linux - Display Routing table via netstat
netstat -r (r stands for routing)
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Nginx SSL Cert apply via https
https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-secure-your-nginx-powered-website-using-ssl-and-secure-ciphers
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WSUS Problems SCCM
I’ll assume you’re using Win Server 2012 with that version of WSUS. Might want to start over here because if things aren’t done perfectly with WSUS integration, things get messy. You may have ran the WSUS installation past the point of configuration, meaning you don’t actually configure WSUS at all...
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Server 2016 Edition Cannot Be Upgraded
So a work colleague installed the Server 2016 Evaluation version recently whilst we awaited our MSDN keys, problem was with the MSDN keys now available he couldn’t activate the Eval version as it reported that the Edition cannot be Upgraded. Fortunately a quick DISM command will resolve this allowing you to...
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Correctly Showing Balloon Tips
There are numerous script samples out there showing how to display a balloon tip in the taskbar notification area – which can be useful to show unobtrusive messages from script. However, many of these samples do not fully understand object scope, so when you run the code multiple times, you...
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Install NuGet for BurntToast
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force
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Toast Notification
In places where people are hyper sensitive about rebooting their machines, sometimes they need a gently reminder. In an effort to encourage my users to reboot their systems, I have started using Balloon (Toast) Notifications to prompt them every couple of hours in attempt to encourage them. This has been...
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Simple Notify
# Set notification title and message. $Title = “Notification Title” $Message = “This is the notification message. This is the notification message. This is the notification message. This is the notification message.” How long to display the notification in milliseconds. Must be between 10 and 30 seconds. $Timeout = 30000...
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Save a module from PS
Update your machine with internet access to PowerShell 5.0 and use Save-Module to save modules from PowerShellGet. Ex: Find-Module psreadline Save-Module -Path c:\users\frode\Desktop This will save the module (ex. PSReadLine) to a folder which you can copy to your other machine and install like a normal module (see Installing a...
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More Toast Notification
System tray pop-up message notifications using PowerShell by TECHIBEE on SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle []).push({}); “ class=”Adsense_Box” style=”margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent:...
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BurntToast
https://github.com/Windos/BurntToast PowerShell Module for displaying Windows 10 Toast Notifications Install PowerShell Gallery Install (Requires PowerShell v5) Install-Module -Name BurntToast See the PowerShell Gallery for the complete details and instructions. Manual Install Download BurntToast.zip and extract the contents into C:\Users\[User]\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\modules\BurntToast(you may have to create these directories if they don’t exist.)...
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Remove selected products (Windows)
Back up all files stored in Adobe product directories, including custom plug-ins or profiles you have installed. Uninstall Creative Cloud or Creative Suite applications. Follows steps 2 through 5 in the Run the CC Cleaner Tool for Windows section. Run the Adobe CC Cleaner Tool by following these steps in...
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Uninstall Apps via powershell using hidden cache and wmi
4. Using the cached MSI database in the super hidden cache folder MSI strips out all cabs (older Windows versions) and caches each MSI installed in a super-hidden system folder at %SystemRoot%\Installer (you need to show hidden files to see it). NB: This supper-hidden folder is now being treated differently...
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Quickly Fix Trust Relationship Between Workstation and AD
$domain = “FQDN” $user = “user account with join domain privilage” $username = “$domain\$user” Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Credential $username -Server ADServer Restart-Computer
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Collections AD Groups
#Powershell script to create incremental collections based on CSV file and add AD Security Group (workstations) rule #Import the module Import-module ‘D:\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\ConfigurationManager.psd1’ #Set Site to talk to Set-Location CM1:\ #CSV File to run and import $CSVfile = Import-Csv -Path “C:\Users\Sccm\Desktop\Scripty Script\collections_sccm.csv” #For Each User Object Do This ForEach($Collection...
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Auto install WordPress on Ubuntu Server 16.04
https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/script-install-wordpress-on-a-debianubuntu-vps/
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Windows Update Does not Progress
I’ve found that sometimes you just have to wait, but if it takes a significantly long time try the following: Click the start button and type in services.msc Stop the Windows Update Service. Delete the contents of the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder Start the Windows Update Service. Try Windows Update again.
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Deploying a MSU file via SCCM using a package file
You can use wusa.exe KB3072630.msu /quiet /norestart command. More info here - https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/kb/934307
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Create a new user in AD using powershell
New-ADUser -Name User13 -AccountPassword(Read-Host -AsSecureString “AccountPassword”) -PassThru Enable-ADAccount
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Install ConfigMgr in 1 Powershell script
http://www.ephingadmin.com/building-sccm-lab-1606/
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Uninstall information of an Application installed
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
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UEFI Check Task Sequence Steps
http://www.rolig.dk/2016/06/22/uefi-check-in-task-sequence/
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MDT - Application Deployment Only
cscript \\servername\mdt_deploymentshare\scripts\litetouch.vbs
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Tatoo the Background of your Virtual Machines
You may know the popular Bginfo from Sysinternals and that even Azure uses this utility to tatoo the background of virtual machines. I wondered if PowerShell (alone) would make it and avoid the dependency on an external binary. I started to use Google and finally decided to fork the following...
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Install Nextcloud Sync Client on Ubuntu
Installing on Ubuntu sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nextcloud-devs/client sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nextcloud-client
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Schedule SyncToy to Run Automatically With Task Scheduler
SyncToy is a great tool to help you keep your files and folders synced between drives and devices. Here’s how you can make it do sync automatically so your files will stay synced even if you forget to sync them. By default, SyncToy only synchronizes your files when you run...
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Setup Teamspeak server on Ubuntu Server
https://www.globo.tech/learning-center/install-teamspeak-server-ubuntu-16/
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Release and Renew IP in Ubuntu Server Terminal
To release your IP and renew it open up a terminal as SU and type the following: Release IP Address: dhclient -r To renew your IP: dhclient
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Check your internet speed on Ubuntu Server.
Check your internet speed directly from command line in Linux. speedtest-cli is a command line utility for checking internet bandwidth using popular internet speed test site speedtest.net. Written in python, speedtest-cli works nicely from command line and gives upload and download speed. You can also share the image generated by...
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Setup Teamspeak Server Ubuntu Server
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/setup-teamspeak-server-ubuntu-15-04
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Disable IPv6 in Ubuntu Server
To disable ipv6, you have to open /etc/sysctl.conf using any text editor and insert the following lines at the end: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1 If ipv6 is still not disabled, then the problem is that sysctl.conf is still not activated. To solve this, open a...
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MCMYAdmin
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-install-mcmyadmin-and-start-it-up-for-the-first-time-not-a-question-a-howto-guide
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Protect File Servers from Ransomware with SCCM Compliance Baseline
http://www.scconfigmgr.com/2017/03/21/protect-file-servers-from-ransomware-with-sccm-cicb/
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Create AD User using Powershell Script
Description Creating new Active Directory user is one of the regular task for every Administrator either for testing or for actual new employee. For that case you can create new AD user using ADUC console. But some of us feel it is time consuming job. To overcome this I have...
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Install WordPress with NGINX PHP7 PHPMyAdmin on Ubuntu
Here is this article we are going to see how we can install WordPress on NGINX with latest and super fast PHP7 with PHPMyAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04 which is newest ubuntu distribution as of now. We will use MariaDB in replacement of MySQL for database uses and will also install...
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How to enable .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8 in Offline Mode
Problem Description Windows 8 does not include .NET 3.5 (include .NET 2.0 and 3.0) by default. But if the user is upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8, .NET Framework 3.5 is fully enabled. The user can make sure this feature is enabled by check in Program and Features. These...
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Apt-Get Search function
apt-cache replace keyword
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Collect custom inventory inside SCCM 2012
Collect custom inventory in SCCM 2012 Collecting custom inventory data has 2 main parts. First enabling the custom classes using .MOF file then creating a custom SQL report to collect the information from SQL table views. Enabling custom classes has 2 tasks. 1/ creating an actual configuration.mpf file, 2/ creating...
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Ubuntu Server Enable SSH
sudo apt-get install openssh-server sudo service ssh status
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Nextcloud Install
Installing NextCloud on Ubuntu 16.04 Step 1: Login in Root #su - password: Step 2: Update the System #apt-get update Step 3: Install LAMP Server + PHP Extension #apt-get install lamp-server^ #apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mbstring php7.0-curl php7.0-zip php7.0-gd php7.0-mysql php7.0-mcrypt #apt-get install php-xml Step 4: Download NextCloud #wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-11.0.1.zip Step...
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Install Nextcloud on Apache2 Server
Copy the NextCloud data to the www directory In terminal change location to /tmp/ cd /tmp/ We will now download the .zip file into this directory. wget https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-x.y.z.zip Once downloaded verify that the zip file is located in the /tmp/ directory. ls We now need to unpack the zip...
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Webserver - SSL - WAMP
1. Install flavour of ubuntu server - in my first test install I choice 14.05. (the copy for this ISO can be found on Newton). 2. Log into the server and run the following command. This will enable the SSL feature in Apacahe2. sudo a2enmod ssl 3. We will...
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Ubuntu Update and Upgrade
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Finally you can also upgrade version by sudo do-release-upgrade
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Ubuntu - Go between UI and Terminal
CTRL + ALT + F7
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Nextcloud install on Apache2 Webserver
Installing Nextcloud from the Command Line It is now possible to install Nextcloud entirely from the command line. This is convenient for scripted operations, headless servers, and sysadmins who prefer the command line. There are three stages to installing Nextcloud via the command line: Download the Nextcloud code and unpack...
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Manual Installation of NextCloud on Linux
Manual Installation on Linux If there are no packages for your Linux distribution, or you prefer installing from the source tarball, you can setup Nextcloud from scratch using a classic LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP). This document provides a complete walk-through for installing Nextcloud on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server...
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Install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu Server 14.04
In VMWare Workstation select Install Vmware Tools. This will then mount a virtual CDROM drive containing the required files. 2.. First we want to make a directory to copy the vmware tools files to. mkdir /mnt/cdrom 3. We then want to mount the cdrom. mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 4. We then...
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Allow users to contact external Skype for Business users
Questions about this article? Email: Skype for Business federation Article last updated: February 7, 2017 Use the steps in this article when: You have users on different domains in your business. For example, Rob@ContosoEast.com and Ann@ContosoWest.com. You want the people in your organization to use Skype for Business to contact...
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Adobe DC Customization Wizard
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/AcrobatDC/misc/
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The software change returned error code 0x652(1618)
This is an annoying error I see quite a bit when deploying software: Error 1618 normally means the Windows Installer is busy running another installation. Check that no other installations are running, otherwise try rebooting the computer and run the installation again, it should work this time. If it is coming...
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Auto-Close any conflicting applications during MSIEXEC install
Just add the following at the end of the cmd. MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL=Disable
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HP Driver Automation Tool
DeployEverything HP Driver Download Automation Tool Automate the process of downloading HP driver packages into SCCM & MDT using the DeployEverything HP Driver Automation Tool PS script. The tool automates the following processes; Downloads the HP SCCM Driver Pack Cabinet Extracts the contained XML and reads in the file Displays...
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Dell Driver Automation Tool
DeployEverything Dell Driver Download Automation Tool Our previously created PowerShell script has been wrapped into a GUI and provides additional functionality that you requested, including the ability to manually select the models you wish to download drivers/bios updates for. The tool automates the following processes; Query SCCM for a full...
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Installing Owncloud on Ubuntu Server
Installing Owncloud 9 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Owncloud Owncloud is replacement for Dropbox and Google Drive like Cloud services. This is a program which will run on server and provide cloud experience to users. You can install it on your home server or cheap cloud servers from DigitalOcean. You can...
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Show last connect devices to domain
$recently = [DateTime]::Today.AddDays(-10) Get-ADComputer -Filter ‘WhenCreated -ge $recently’ -Properties whenCreated | Format-Table Name,whenCreated,distinguishedName -Autosize -Wrap
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CRON Shutdown on Schedule - Ubuntu
https://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/05/schedule-tasks-to-automatically-shutdown-restart-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/
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SCEP shortcut missing files error
Everything will download and think that you have a virus. Copy the client folder from the program files of configmgr to the desktop. copy the below bat file inside this folder. cd /d “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Security Client” TASKKILL /f /im MsMpEng.exe TASKKILL /f /im msseces.exe TASKKILL /f /im MpCmdRun.exe net stop...
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Change Password based on Account Creation Date
#Change Parent Password Script function reset-password { $pws = @("Password1", "Password2", "Password3", "Password4","Password5", "Password6", "Password7") $When = ((Get-Date).AddDays(-30)).Date Get-ADUser -filter {whenCreated -ge $When} -replacebase "OU=Users,OU=Managed Users,DC=Domain,DC=Controller" -properties DisplayName,WhenCreated | %{ $newpw = get-random $pws $user = $\_.name $DisName = $\_.DisplayName Set-ADAccountPassword -Reset -Identity $user -NewPassword $(convertto-securestring -asplaintext -force $newpw) "$user,$newpw,$DisName"...
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Compare UNC Paths
#Set locations $newtonfolder = “\\newton\d$\Applications” $maurisfolder = “\\mauris\d$\Applications” write-host Set Locations cls #Get contents $newtoncontents = Get-ChildItem $newtonfolder -Recurse | where {!$_.PSIsContainer} $mauriscontents = Get-ChildItem $maurisfolder -Recurse | where {!$_.PSIsContainer} Write-Host Have recieved content from $newtonfolder and $maurisfolder cls #Compare on name and length and find changed files on laptop...
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Microsoft Laps - Installation and Deployment
LAPS (Local Administration Password Solution) is a tool which provides administrators a way to periodically change a password, securely generate a unique password which is secure. When installing the MSI ensure you target the correct user collection. If you want Laps to be available to all user accounts on the machine,...
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Windows Server Installation and Upgrade
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/dn527667.aspx
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Enable PS-Remoting
Enable PS-Remoting on host machine: Enable-PSRemoting -Force Logging into host machine: Enter-PSSession -ComputerName COMPUTER -Credential USER
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ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd – Public preview available
http://www.scconfigmgr.com/2017/01/02/configmgr-osd-frontend-public-preview-available/
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Oracle VirtualBox Powershell Wrapper
The following powershell script will install VirtualBox silently and remove all unwanted shortcuts. #Powershell wrapper made by Kieren Anderson #This wrapper will install VirtualBox and take away secondary shortcuts from the startmenu and desktop. #Virtalbox Installation write-host Installing VirtualBox cmd.exe /c .\vbox.exe –silent write-host Finished sleep 5 #Shortcut cleanup write-host...
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GUIDs and local MSIs on the Windows OS
In some cases you may need to get the original MSI file of an app you have installed. A good example of this could be a piece of software you no longer have the install for. Most times you should be able to locate these msi files in the C:\Windows\Installer...
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Stop Windows from Restarting Your Computer After Updates
Sometimes, Windows downloads important updates and decides it’s going to restart your computer whether you like it or not. Here’s how to disable that behavior. This has been part of Windows for a long time, and while Microsoft tried to fix it in Windows 8, the annoyance still remains. When...
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Robocopy (Technet)
Syntax robocopy \[\[ ...\]\] \[\] Parameters Parameter Description Specifies the path to the source directory. Specifies the path to the destination directory. Specifies the file or files to be copied. You can use wildcard characters (**\*** or **?**), if you want. If the **File** parameter is not specified, **\*.\*** is...
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Creating a VMWare Template for Windows Server 2016
This example will be assuming the following are true: Server 2016 - SW_DVD9_Win_Svr_STD_Core_and_DataCtr_Core_2016_64Bit_English_-2_MLF_x21-22843 vSphere and ESXi 6 (Presumming that previous version should be similar to the steps shown below). VM Specs 2GB Memory 1Core2CPU HDD - 60 GB Create a virtual machine in the templates folder. If you have not...
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DefProf
Desktop Management DefProf DefProf updates the Default Windows User Profile with the documents and settings from another user profile that you specify. You can use DefProf on Windows 7 where the “Copy To” button is greyed out in the “User Profiles” dialog box. For more details click here. Installation Just...
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AD User OU Password Reset
#OU User Password Reset function reset-password { $pws = @("Student17") get-aduser -filter \* -replacebase "OU=Year 19,OU=Students,OU=End Users,OU=FIM Managed Users,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=local" -properties DisplayName | %{ $newpw = get-random $pws $user = $\_.name $DisName = $\_.DisplayName Set-ADAccountPassword -Reset -Identity $user -NewPassword $(convertto-securestring -asplaintext -force $newpw) "$user,$newpw,$DisName" } } reset-password add-content Year10.txt
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How to Activate Windows Photo Viewer on Windows 10
Reg key to enable this: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open] “MuiVerb”=”@photoviewer.dll,-3043” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25, 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00, 6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25, 00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00, 25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f, 00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00, 6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c, 00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00, 5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25, 00,31,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\DropTarget] “Clsid”=”{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25, 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00, 6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25, 00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00, 25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f, 00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00, 6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c, 00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00, 5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25, 00,31,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\DropTarget] “Clsid”=”{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}”
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SOE Windows 10 1607 Customization - Task Sequence
1. The Start Menu and Taskbar customization: This is probably the most difficult part of the whole TS because placement of where this step runs is very critical and also the .xml file is very specific. It is important to run this just after the step Setup Windows and Configuration Manager....
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RoboCopy!! Best thing ever!!
If performing a local copy, example D:\ to E:\ Do the following: Create 2 variables for the destination and source in powershell. $Source = “D:\” $Dest = “E:\” Then run the following line; robocopy $Source $Dest /e This can also applied for UNC paths and mapped drives.
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Windows 10 Customizations during OSD
Updated 11/30/2015 – Remove Default Apps Section – Disable New Apps Auto Install in Windows 10 Update 1511 Updated 6/7/2016 - Added more info about Lock Screen Wallpaper replacement. Update 11/8/2016 – More Lock Screen Info This is a collection of “Tweaks” I make to our Windows 10 deployments to...
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Pin Items to TaskBar during OSD in Windows 10 (1511)
This one took me a little while. The hard one was Internet Explorer, which I had to do completely differently than the others. In this post I’ll give two ways to do it, the first way worked for all of them but Internet Explorer, and I was able to do...
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Customizing the Windows 10 Start Menu and add IE Shortcut during OSD
In my last post I wrote about how to make Internet Explorer the default web browser in Windows 10, now I will cover how to deploy a customized Start Menu during deployment and add a menu item for Internet Explorer the last took a while to figure out how to...
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UEFI vs BIOS(Legacy) during TS
Partition Disk 0 as BIOS Partition Disk 0 as UEFI
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System Information run Shortcut
sysdm.cpl
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Hydration Kit for ConfigMgr Technical Preview
Since the release of the ConfigMgr Technical Preview branch, we’ve seen monthly updates rolled out bringing new features and functionality for us to test with and essentially send feedback to Microsoft. In my experience, when approaching customers with installing a new ConfigMgr environment based on the Technical Preview branch, the...
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Disable Get Office notifications for Windows 10 during OSD with ConfigMgr
For most Windows 10 deployments, organizations are removing most of the built-in apps that ships with the operating system. However, in situations when this is not dealt with, for various reasons, you might get some unwanted notifications in the Action Center. Get Office is such an app that will...
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WMIC Get computer model
WMIC COMPUTERSYSTEM GET MODEL
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WMi Query for an OU
select SMS_R_System.NetbiosName, SMS_R_System.SystemOUName from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemOUName = “OU Name”
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Windows 8.1 Start Menu
If you put these two blogs together: http://stealthpuppy.com/customizing-the-windows-8-1-start-screen-dont-follow-microsofts-guidance/ http://www.thewindowsclub.com/reset-start-screen-default-windows-8 You get this sequence of powershell commands, to export a start screen, set it to the default start screen of a device, and revert a user back to the default start screen. 1. export your start screen as a .bin file...
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Using PowerShell to build a GPO-based WMI filter for the SCCM Client install
We recently upgraded our SCCM 2012 server to SP1. I am now in the process of upgrading all the SCCM clients to the latest version (5.00.7804.1000). I use Group Policy to push the client and I wanted to add a WMI filter to the policy to filter out any systems...
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Script to Prompt for a System Name in SCCM OSD
Script to Prompt for System Name in SCCM OSD POSTED ON APRIL 24, 2009 UPDATED ON AUGUST 8, 2013 When doing a baremetal image in SCCM OSD, the task sequences will generate a random name for the system. To define a specific name the system is to receive, use the following...
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Robocopy
Robocopy source destination /e /zb /copyall /r:0 /w:0 /log:logfilepath Robocopy \\spstudent\d$\StudentHomeDrives\Year23 R:\ /e /zb /copyall /r:0 /w:0 /log:c:\Temp\Kieren\robolog_Year23.log /e Copies subdirectories. Note that this option includes empty directories. /zb Users Restart mode. If access is denied, this option uses Backup mode. /copyall Copies all file information (Equivalent to...
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Remove Windows 8.1 Build-In Apps
<# ************************************************************************************************************ Purpose: Remove built in apps specified in list Pre-Reqs: Windows 8.1 ************************************************************************************************************ #> #————————————————————————————————————— # Main Routine #————————————————————————————————————— Get log path. Will log to Task Sequence log folder if the script is running in a Task Sequence # Otherwise log to \windows\temp try { $tsenv = New-Object...
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Microsoft Office Products - Setup.exe
setup.exe /adminfile updates\*Name Of MSP File Here*.msp
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How to Remove the (none) IP Address Entries in BGInfo Background
I did a post last week that talked about using BGInfo on my demo machines so I can have machine information displayed in the Desktop Background. It was pointed out to me that my screenshot showed my background had a slew of (open) entries in my IP Address list. (See...
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How to enable the App-V desktop client in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
As mentioned a few weeks back, Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) is now included in Windows 10 as part of the Anniversary Update. What wasn’t mentioned was how to enable and use these App-V components, so if you’re wondering how this works, here’s a short primer and a couple links to...
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Enable FTP server on ESXi
Howto add FTP server in ESXi 5.x to support Fast Download/Upload of VM / Images Filed under: VMware Related — Tags: cuteftp, esxi ftp, esxi slow copy, proftpd with ESXI — Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) @ 3:59 PM 16 Votes Yesterday I was trying to upload a 450GB VMDK file to...
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CMD Search
Dir /s *replace*
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CMD Map network drive and copy data to network drive
1. Change Directory to C:\Windows\CCM\Logs 2. Run dir to verify and check that logs are in folder 3. Map network drive: net use P:\spsccm\d$\temp\Chris - This was the location used in this scenario 4. Copy log files to network drive: xcopy *.* p:\Logs\ - *.* means use current directory
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Application SHIMS
4. Resolving Application Compatibility Issues with Shims Most application incompatibilities occur when the application makes a request to the operating system. A very basic one is when an application asks, “Hey! What operating system are you?” Windows XP would respond, “I am 5.1.” Windows Vista would respond, “I am 6.0,”...
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Adding HTA Support to boot image
Add HTA-Support to a Boot Image with ConfigMgr 2012 August 12, 2012 by Peter van der Woude With ConfigMgr 2012 lot’s of things got simplified. One of those things is adding extra components to the Boot Images. Before it was possible to add these extra components by either using the...
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Turning a Virtual Machine On - A general error occured
Check the VMware vCenter workflow manager is running. Check the VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service is running.
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Stopping, starting, or restarting VMware vCenter Server 6.0 services
Purpose For troubleshooting and maintenance purposes, it is necessary to change the status of VMware vCenter Server or Platform Services Controller services such as VMware Virtual Center Server, VMware vSphere Web Client, or VMware Directory Service. This article provides steps to stop, start, or restart vCenter Server and Platform Services...
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Pause TS
Introduction Sometimes things don’t go as planned, you are deploying an operating system to a computer and the task sequence fails. You can use normal troubleshooting methods such as press F8 and review the smsts.log in CMTrace review a report of the task sequence progress review other...
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Disk Part
diskpart list disk select disk 0 clean create part primary format fs=ntfs quick assign letter=c list volume (should see that C drive is now assigned) active exit exit
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SCCM Windows 10 Customization Package
this post we will describe how to customize your windows 10 image to personalize it to your company. There’s an infinite amount of customization that can be made but i’ll try to cover the more frequent one, those that are asked 95% of every Windows 10 projects I was involved in. You...
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SCCM Dell Client Bios & Driver Autodownload PowerShell Script
https://modalyitblog.com/2016/10/10/sccm-dell-client-bios-driver-autodownload-ps-script/
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Pin apps to the Taskbar in Windows 10 1607 with Group Policy
The feature we used to deploy a customized Start menu in Windows 10 has been extended with the ability to manage pinned items on the Taskbar. There are some unsupported solutions for importing a Taskbar layout during OS deployment. However, now we can do it in a supported manner, and...
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Deploying Office 2016 with SCCM 2012
http://blog.coretech.dk/rja/deploying-office-2016-with-sccm-2012/
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Wrapper Install
#Powershell Install wrapper for exe installers #Set Variables $location = Get-Location $installEXE = “audacity-win-2.0.5.exe” $param = “/silent” $Install = “$location\$installEXE” $procname = $installEXE.Replace(“.exe”,””) #Write-host “param” $param #Write-host “will run this” $install $param #Run the Install and wait for the process to finish & $install $param wait-process -name $procname #Cleanup...
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Windows Live Movie Maker and Writer
#Install Windows Live Writer and Movie Maker #Install the Applications write-host Install Movie Maker Start-Process “wlsetup-all.exe” -ArgumentList /AppSelect:MovieMaker, /quiet -wait write-host Finished write-host Install Live Writer Start-Process “wlsetup-all.exe” -ArgumentList /AppSelect:Writer, /quiet -wait write-host Success! #Rearrange shortcuts write-host Copying unwanted shortcuts from start menu into its own folder Set-Location “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs”...
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WebPage Opener
Put your links here.. @echo off setlocal enableextensions set num=99999 for /l %%i in (1,1,%num%) do call :start endlocal goto :eof :start set /p URL=<links.txt start “” “%URL%” more +1 links.txt | findstr /r /v “^$” > tmp_links.txt echo.%URL%»tmp_links.txt del links.txt ren tmp_links.txt links.txt ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10 > nul...
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VLC Fix
#To fix VLC bug via deployment #Variables $location1 = “C:\Windows\ccmcache\” $location2 = Get-Location $location3 = “C:\Windows\ccmcache\2s” #Create a new folder copy VLC MSI write-host Creating new folder Adobe Creative Cloud Base Apps in start menu Set-Location $location1 New-Item “.\2s” -type directory -force write-host Completed creating folder write-host ———————————– Set-Location $location2...
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VLC Bug
#To fix VLC bug via deployment #Variables $location1 = “C:\Windows\ccmcache\” $location2 = Get-Location $location3 = “C:\Windows\ccmcache\2s” #Create a new folder copy VLC MSI write-host Creating new folder Adobe Creative Cloud Base Apps in start menu Set-Location $location1 New-Item “.\2s” -type directory -force write-host Completed creating folder write-host ———————————– Set-Location $location2...
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Up-Down Computer Check
Copy the following 2 files to the same directory. Enter the name of the computers you want to test and run the ps1 file to show you what machines are up and down. Computer Names Here $names = Get-content “hnames.txt” foreach ($name in $names){ if (Test-Connection -ComputerName $name -Count 1...
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Uninstall SCCM Client
#Start process to uninstall SCCM Client. Contains a loop to wait for successful uninstall before moving on. Write-Host Uninstalling SCCM Client, please wait… Start-Process -FilePath ‘C:\Windows\ccmsetup\ccmsetup.exe’ -ArgumentList ‘/uninstall’ do {(Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 600)} until (select-string -Path C:\Windows\ccmsetup\Logs\ccmsetup.log -Pattern “Uninstall succeeded”) #End SCCM Uninstall. Write-Host SCCM Client uninstalled.
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TS - Inject OEM Information
###command line: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass .\InjectOEMInformation.ps1 -Manufacturer ‘Company Name Here’ -model ‘Windows 8.1 x64 SOE’ -SupportHours ‘07:30 to 16:00’ -SupportPhone ‘07 12346798’ -SupportURL ‘http://www.my_company.qld.edu.au/’ PARAM( [string]$logofile = ‘oemlogo.bmp’, [string]$Manufacturer = ‘’, #[string]$model = ‘’, [string]$SupportHours = ‘’, [string]$SupportPhone = ‘’, [string]$SupportURL = ‘’ ) #*** Variables ** $model =...
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ToastNotification Windows 10
$ErrorActionPreference = “Stop” $notificationTitle = “Morning Tea” [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] > $null $template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::GetTemplateContent([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastText01) #Convert to .NET type for XML manipuration $toastXml = [xml] $template.GetXml() $toastXml.GetElementsByTagName(“text”).AppendChild($toastXml.CreateTextNode($notificationTitle)) > $null #Convert back to WinRT type $xml = New-Object Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument $xml.LoadXml($toastXml.OuterXml) $toast = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::new($xml) $toast.Tag = “PowerShell” $toast.Group = “PowerShell”...
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Search for File Type
get-childitem V:\\\* -include \*.encrypted -recurse | out-file C:\\users\\username\\desktop\\v\_drive\_replace.txt
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Run Logging with your Powershell Script
#Put this at the front of powershell scripts to log in temp.. # Get log path. Will log to Task Sequence log folder if the script is running in a Task Sequence # Otherwise log to \\windows\\temp try { $tsenv = New-Object -COMObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment $logPath = $tsenv.Value("LogPath") } catch {...
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Replace '&' with 'and'
$dir = "C:\\Users\\USER\\OneDrive for Business" CD $dir Get-ChildItem -Recurse | \` Where-Object {$\_.Name -match '&'} | \` Rename-Item -NewName { $\_.Name -replace '&','and' }
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Remove AppX
``` #Script to remove modern-ui applications from Windows 8.1 SOE during build process #Set the execution policy Set-ExecutionPolicy bypass #Import DISM Module Import-Module DISM #Application Removal list - app must be the “full package name” from get-appxpackages in “item”,”item” format $removelist = “microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”microsoft.windowsphotos_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.ZuneMusic_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.ZuneVideo_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.Bing_1.2.0.137_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingNews_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingSports_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingWeather_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.Reader_6.2.8516.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingMaps_2.0.2530.2317_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingSports_3.0.2.233_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.Office.OneNote_16.0.1929.1156_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_2.0.139.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.SkypeApp_2.7.0.1002_x86__kzf8qxf38zg5c”,”Microsoft.BingFinance_3.0.2.243_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingFoodAndDrink_3.0.2.243_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingHealthAndFitness_3.0.2.243_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.BingTravel_3.0.2.243_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.Reader_6.3.9654.17044_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2.2.800.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.ZuneVideo_2.2.802.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe”,”Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient.2_2.11.2154.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe” #put aps in list $list = Get-AppxPackage...
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Remove AppX MediaPlayReady
#Script to remove modern-ui applications from Windows 8.1 Build & Capture during sysprep process #Made by Kieren Anderson #Purpose: Remove built in apps that are not compatible during sysprep process #Pre-Reqs: Windows 8.1 #————————————————————————————————————— Main Routine #————————————————————————————————————— Get log path. Will log to Task Sequence log folder if the script...
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Rejoin Domain
$domain = "domain\_name" $user = "domain\_admin\_account" #Don't edit below this point $password = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter password for $user" -AsSecureString $username = "$domain\\$user" $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username,$password) Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $credential restart-computer
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Powershell to EXE
@ECHO OFF set cmd= :Loop IF "%~1"=="" GOTO Continue set cmd=%cmd% '%1' SHIFT GOTO Loop :Continue rem echo %cmd% powershell.exe -command "&'.\\ps2exe.ps1' %cmd%" call "callPS2EXE.bat" "test.ps1" "test.exe" -iconFile PS2EXE.ico call "callPS2EXE.bat" "test.ps1" "test\_x64.exe" -x64 call "callPS2EXE.bat" "test.ps1" "test\_x86.exe" -x86 call "callPS2EXE.bat" "test.ps1" "test\_20\_STA.exe" -sta -runtime20 -iconFile PS2EXE.ico call "callPS2EXE.bat" "test.ps1"...
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Powershell Heading :)
$text = @" \\\\!// (o o) ---------------------------------oOOo-(\_)-oOOo--------------------------------- Implementing User Account Settings. =============================================================================== "@ write-host $text
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Power Scheme Applier
#| = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = : = | #|{>/-------------------------------------------------------------\\<}| #|: | Author: Aman Dhally #| :| Email: amandhally@gmail.com #|: | Purpose: #| :|...
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Ping Multiple Servers
`cls` $ServerName = “spad1”,”spadfs1”,”spad4”,”spad5”,”spscsm”,”spdirsync”,”spapp”,”spstudent”,”spmail”,”spsccm”,”sptassweb”,”spexmail”,”spsql14”,”spbckup”,”spprint”,”dvc”,”dvc-backup-svr”,”spmanage”,”spmonitor”,”spsql”,”splicense”,”enrolment”,”spshareapp1”,”spfile”,”spsharedb1”,”spscsm-data”,”spshareweb2”,”spsco”,”spkms”,”spscsm-portal2”,”spscsm-sql”,”sptasssql”,”spvcenter” Script Starts Here foreach ($Server in $ServerName) { if (test-Connection -ComputerName $Server -Count 2 -Quiet ) { write-host write-Host "$Server is alive and Pinging " -ForegroundColor Green write-host } else { Write-Warning "$Server seems dead not pinging" } } `.\\Ping\_Multiple\_Servers.ps1`
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MS Office Theme Copy using Powershell
#Copy office theme files to system #Normal.dotm Copy #Change location Set-Location $env:APPDATA\\Microsoft\\Templates\\ #Copy Item Copy-Item \\\\domain\_name\\netlogon\\Office\\Normal.dotm -Destination .\\ -Recurse Write-Host Normal dotm copied successfull #My\_Company.thmx Copy #Change location Set-Location .\\"Document Themes"\\ #Copy Item Copy-Item \\\\domain\_name\\netlogon\\Office\\"My Company.thmx" -Destination .\\ -Recurse Write-Host My Company thmx copied successfull #Default Theme.thmx Copy #Copy...
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MS Office Onedrive Checker
#Onedrive Checkor #Made by Kieren Anderson cls write-host Write-Host Onedrive for Business - Check Requirements write-host start-sleep -s 5 $path = Read-Host -Prompt 'Type the location to Onedrive' #Item Count write-host ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ write-host write-host Item Count -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor white write-host Write-Warning 'Under 20,000 items?' write-host Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path $path...
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Get Inactive Computer
Import-Module ActiveDirectory $layout = “” $domain = “domain_name.local” $DaysInactive = 60 $d = (Get-Date).Adddays(-($DaysInactive)) $stale = Get-ADComputer -Filter ‘LastLogonTimeStamp -lt $d’ -Properties LastLogonTimeStamp $liststale = $stale | Sort Name | ConvertTo-HTML -Head $layout Name, DistinguishedName -Body “<p>The Following Machines Have Not Contacted the Domain in the Past “$DaysInactive” Days:</p>”...
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Equal or Not Equal
<# $computers = "sd\_kanderson2" $yes = "It worked!" $no = "Did not work :(" If ($computers -eq (hostname)) {$yes} else { If ($computers -ne (hostname)) {$no} } #> #Variable $username = "kanderson" $computername2 = "sd\_kanderson" $error = "No user account assigned to this hostname" If ($computername2 -eq (hostname)) {write-host $username}...
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Encrypt Password
Create a folder with the following files in it. This should then create a txt file called secure.txt . powershell .\\encrypt.ps1 pause $password = read-host -prompt "Enter your Password" write-host "$password is password" $secure = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -force -asPlainText $bytes = ConvertFrom-SecureString $secure $bytes | out-file .\\securepassword.txt $encrypted =...
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Distribute all Applications
$SiteServer = “SiteServer” $SiteCode = “SiteCode” $DistributionGroup = “All Distribution Points” $ModulePath = (($env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH).Substring(0,$env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Length-5)) + ‘\ConfigurationManager.psd1’ Import-Module $ModulePath -Force if ((Get-PSDrive $SiteCode -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Measure-Object).Count -ne 1) { New-PSDrive -Name $SiteCode -PSProvider “AdminUI.PS.Provider\CMSite” -Root $SiteServer } $SiteDrive = $SiteCode + “:” Set-Location $SiteDrive $Applications = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $SiteServer -Namespace...
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Create SMB Share
New-SmbShare –Name VMSFiles –Path C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\VMFiles -FullAccess Contoso\Administrator, Contoso\Contoso-HV1$
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Count Down Timer 2
###=========================== Pause Program for 15 min - Matt Brown, 2008 ###=========================== $x = 15*60 $length = $x / 100 while($x -gt 0) { $min = [int](([string]($x/60)).split(‘.’)[0]) $text = “ “ + $min + “ minutes “ + ($x % 60) + “ seconds left” Write-Progress “Pausing Script” -status $text -perc...
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Copy Script with Progress Bar
$user = $env:username $path = read-host -Prompt 'Set source path' $dest = read-host -Prompt 'Set destination path' write-host "Your source path is $path" write-host write-host "Your destination path is $dest" start-sleep -s 5 $files = Get-ChildItem $path -recurse \[System.Reflection.Assembly\]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") | out-null; $counter = 1 Foreach($file in $files) { $status =...
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Cmtrace Deploy via Powershell
#Work out the current execution directory $executingScriptDirectory = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent $CMTrace = $executingScriptDirectory + "\\CMTrace.exe" # copy CMTrace to local computer Copy-Item $CMTrace -Destination "$Env:windir" -Force
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CCCP Wrapper
#Powershell wrapper for Combined-Community-Codec-Pack-2014-07-13 #Install Combined-Community-Codec-Pack-2014-07-13 Write-Host Installing Combined-Community-Codec-Pack-2014-07-13 Start-Process -FilePath “Combined-Community-Codec-Pack-2014-07-13.exe” -ArgumentList /VERYSILENT, /NOICONS, /TYPE=NoPlayers, /COMPONENTS=”CoreWavPack, FFDShow, FLVSplitter, HaaliSplitter, MPVDecoder, VSFilter”, /TASKS=”SetPerceivedTypes, RegisterExtWMP, HaaliShellInfo, HaaliShellInfo\Thumbnails”, /MERGETASKS=”SetPerceivedTypes, RegisterExtWMP, HaaliShellInfo, HaaliShellInfo\Thumbnails” -wait Write-Host Success! Write-Host End Powershell Wrapper
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BGInfo - Step 1
”%~dp0bginfo.exe” “%~dp0sccm.bgi” /nolicprompt /silent /timer:0
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AD WMI Query
The below is a wmi query that is used to form a user collection based on a group inside AD.. select SMS_R_USER.ResourceID,SMS_R_USER.ResourceType,SMS_R_USER.Name,SMS_R_USER.UniqueUserName,SMS_R_USER.WindowsNTDomain from SMS_R_User where SMS_R_User.SecurityGroupName = "DOMAIN\\OU"