Windows Quick Short-cuts
Quick short-cuts:sysdm.cplcontrol printersdesk.cplpowercfg.cplncpa.cplgpedit.msccompmgmtlauncherwscui.cplfsmgmt.mscmsinfo32cleanmgr
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Windows Active Directory Snapshots
Set scheduled task to run daily and call this maintainSnapshots.bat file:------------------------------@echo offREM Logs Location (Used…
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HP Procurve Router: ACL Routing & OSPF
General ACL application------------------------------------------------------------------------ip access-list extended <NAME>deny ip <SOURCE>/<mask> <destination>/mask logpermit ip any any# There is…
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Server PDC Time Clock Synchronization
Configuring the Windows Time service to use an external time source To configure an internal…
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User Account Group Membership Copy
This is the quick snippet to be executed in the context of a Domain Administrator:…
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One-Liner: Capture Report of Logons in AD
echo %date%,%time%,%username%,logon,%computername% >> \\FILESERVER01\IT\scripts\logons.csv
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Show Users Logons per Computer Names
# This script is to obtain log on information from a set of target computernames…
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Typical Group Policies
Printers: set policy to automatically deploy printers, then allow logon to trigger the deployment and…
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Quick and Dirty Script to Watch and Start / Restart Windows Service
// powershell.exe// -ExecutionPolicy Bypass c:\scripts\serviceCheck.ps1$serviceName = '[input-service-name-here]'$arrService = Get-Service -Name $serviceNamewhile ($arrService.Status -ne 'Running'){ Start-Service…
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Exchange: New-MoveRequest
New-MoveRequest -Identity '[email protected]' -TargetDatabase "DB01" -WhatIfNew-MoveRequest -Identity '[email protected]' -TargetDatabase "DB01"Get-Mailbox -Database DB01 | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase…
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MySQL: List Database Size
SELECT table_schema "kimconnect", ROUND(SUM(data_length + index_length) / 1024 / 1024, 1) "DB Size in…
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Discover FSMO roles
Option ExplicitDim WSHNetwork, objArgs, ADOconnObj, bstrADOQueryString, RootDom, RSObjDim FSMOobj,CompNTDS, Computer, Path, HelpTextSet WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")Set…
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Find Hostnames per UserID in Event Logs on Domain Controllers
$targetAccounts=Get-Content "C:\Users\kimconnect\Desktop\targetAccounts.txt"function Get-UserComputerName { <#.SYNOPSIS Searches a specified Domain Controller for the computername of a…
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Query Print Spooler of SERVER1
function getStatus($server, $service){ Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -Filter "Name Like 'spooler'" -computer SERVER1 -credential $cred | select…
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Quick 1-Liner to List Domain Controllers and ReadOnly Statuses
PS C:\WINDOWS> Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | select Name,IsReadOnlyName IsReadOnly---- ----------MONKEY FalseBABOON FalseGIRAFFE FalseLION FALSEKIMCONNECT TrueKIMDISCONNECT TrueWHAT TrueNOWAY TrueWEBDC01 TrueWEBDC02 TrueSSO01 True
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Function to list Domain Controllers
Wuick Script: # This function runs faster than the "Get-ADDomainController -Filter *" methodfunction listControllers{$domain =…
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PowerShell RandomPassword Function
function randomPassword{ # return a reasonably randomized password that starts with "KimConnect:" plus 25…
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SIP with Sonicwall Issues
Disabled SIP Transformations Enabled Consistent NAT Added a Service Group with SIP Ports 5060-5062, RTP…
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Exchange 2010 Discovery Management
Prerequisites: Exchange Admins need these three roles to perform operations on mailboxes: Mailbox Search, Mailbox…
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