PowerShell: Delete Files Older Than 30 Days
Have you ever run into C:\ volumes reaching critical thresholds because certain applications or users…
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How to Add New Lookup Domains into Windows DNS Suffixes
Error message: [server005.intranet.kimconnect.com]: PS E:\Users\kimconnect\Documents> add-localgroupmember -Group 'remote desktop users' -Member 'DMZ/testUser'add-localgroupmember : Principal DMZ/testUser…
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Active Directory: Differences between Domain Local, Global, Universal Groups
Domain Local Groups: can contain users from any domain, but they can only be used…
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Fix NetPlWiz and control userpasswords2 Grey-out Options
Problem: netplwiz has a grayed out 'Users must enter a user name and password to…
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Hyper-V Guest VM CPU Compatibility Feature Down Side
Symptom: guest VM could not install applications that require'SSE4.2 and POPCNT instruction sets' Cause: The…
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PowerShell: How To Configure Static IP Address
$nicName='NIC1' $ipaddress='192.168.0.222' $cidrPrefix=24 $defaultGateway='192.168.0.1' $dnsServers=@('8.8.8.8','4.4.2.2') $disableIpv6=$true function setNic($nicName,$ipAddress,$cidrPrefix,$defaultGateway,$dnsServers,$disableIpv6=$true ){ $ifIndex=(get-netadapter|?{$_.Name -eq $nicName}).ifIndex New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex $ifIndex…
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PowerShell: Enable CredSSP on Windows
PowerShell: # Enabled WinRMEnable-PSRemoting -Force# Enable CredSSPEnable-WSManCredSSP -Role Server -Force Legacy Command Line: # Enable…
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How To Install VMM Agent (SCVMM) Manually
The following snippet assumes that a New Hyper-V Server has been added to the cluster;…
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Windows: How to Create Software Raid 1 Mirror of C:\ Volume or Windows System Drive
Desired Result: Required Work: # Check disksDISKPART> list diskDisk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt--------…
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Windows UAC Error This App has been blocked for your protection mmc.exe taskschd.msc
Error Message: User Account ControlThis App has been blocked for your protection.A administrator has blocked…
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PowerShell: Add Network Sites (VLAN) into a Virtual Machine Manager Logical Network
# addVmmNetworkSites.ps1 # version 0.01 # User Defined Variables $networkSites=@( @{ 'newNetworkSitename'="test 1" 'vlanId'=100 'vlanCidr'='192.168.1.0/24'…
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Virtual Machine Networking Error 15011
Creating New Logical Network $logicalNetworkID="somehash-hash-hash" $newNetworkName='Test Network' $subnet="192.168.500.0/24" $logicalNetwork = Get-SCLogicalNetwork -ID $logicalNetworkID $vmNetwork =…
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PowerShell: Automatically Fix SQL Server by Killing Long Running Queries
# autofixSqlLongRunningQueries.ps1 # version 0.01 # This version is limited to SQL Server Localhost execution,…
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PowerShell: Add RDS Server Role
Step 0: Searching for RDS Licensing Server # Get TS Licensing Servers $termLicenseServers=Get-ADGroupMember -Identity "Terminal…
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PowerShell: Unlimit RDP Sessions
$tsRegHive='REGISTRY::HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' Set-ItemProperty -Path $tsRegHive -Name fSingleSessionPerUser -value 0 Set-ItemProperty -Path $tsRegHive -Name fdenyTSConnections -value…
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PowerShell: Install Windows Exporter
Simple Version $windowsExporterUrl='https://github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/releases/download/v0.20.0/windows_exporter-0.20.0-amd64.msi' $stageFolder='C:\Temp\' # Download the file Import-Module BitsTransfer $fileName=[regex]::match($windowsExporterUrl,'[^/\\&\?]+\.\w{3,4}(?=([\?&].*$|$))') $msiFile=join-path $stageFolder $fileName if(!(test-path…
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PowerShell: Check Whether an Application Is Installed Using Known Service Name
# Check whether product is installed $serviceName='windows_exporter' function checkUninstall($serviceName){ $cpuArchitecture32bitPointerSize=4 $path=if ([IntPtr]::Size -eq $cpuArchitecture32bitPointerSize) {…
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PowerShell: Download and Apply Windows Patch KB
The following snippet assumes that a Windows machine has access to download Microsoft patches directly…
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PowerShell: Downloading File Error ‘Internet Explorer engine is not available’
Error Message: PS C:\temp> wget http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2022/01/windows10.0-kb5009546-x64_d3ab97e9f811d7bf19c268e5e6b5e00e92e110ed.msu wget : The response content cannot be parsed because…
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PowerShell: Search File Contents Matching a Phrase or String
$searchDirectories='C:\users\Public\.jenkins\jobs' $searchDepth=1 $fileNameScope='*.xml' $searchString='kimconnect' # Select the files and perform the search in each file…
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