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October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Detect Antivirus Name on a Windows Machine

function getAntivirusName { $wmiQuery = "SELECT * FROM AntiVirusProduct" $antivirus = Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root\SecurityCenter2" -Query…
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October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: How To Add Additional Sub-Directories to an Existing SMB Share

Business Use-Case: There's an existing logon script or Group Policy that maps users toward a…
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October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Synchronize Files Between Different Domains

<# File_Copy_Script_UNC_to_Local_V0.1.ps1Purpose: connect to an external domain to copy files onto a Intranet server.Features:- Synchronize…
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October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Benchmark Disk Speed

Contrary to previous iteration, this version returns an object with multiple properties describing statistical analysis…
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October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

Bash Shell: Old School Migration of ESXi Guest Virtual Machines

Step 0: Preparations Estimate file-copying duration for cut-over:- Sustained storage transfer speed using a 1GB…
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October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: List Currently Logon Users On Remote Servers

# Show current sessions on a list of servers$servers="SHERVER005","SHERVER007";$servers|%{"$_`n$(query user /server:$_|Out-String)"} # Sample OutputPS C:\Windows\system32>…
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October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Automating Process of Setting Up a New Windows Machine

# Step -2: Creating a New Virtual Machine # Example A: Hyper-V # Compulsory variables…
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October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Activate Remote Windows

$remoteWindows="SHERVER01","SHERVER02"$licenseKey="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"function activateWindows{ param( [string]$key ) $licensingService = get-wmiObject -query "select * from SoftwareLicensingService" -computername $env:computername;…
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October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Execute as System Elevated Session with a Domain Administrator account

Part 1: Relaunch script in the context of Elevated System privileges: ############# Ensure that Program…
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October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Update Windows Computers

There's a more updated version available. <# Update-Windows-Computers-v0.11.ps1 # # Purpose: trigger Microsoft Updates on…
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October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Change IP of Remote Windows

# Change-IP-Remote-Windows.ps1$oldIP="192.168.40.135"$newIP="192.168.40.136"$netmask="255.255.255.0"$gateway="192.168.40.1"$dnsServers=@("10.10.8.1","10.10.18.1")function changeIpRemoteComputer{ Param ( [string]$oldIP, [string]$newIP, [string]$newSubnetMask = "255.255.255.0", [string]$newDefaultGateway, [array]$newDNS = @("8.8.8.8","4.4.2.2") )…
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October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Kill Processes Remotely

# This function requires 2 parameters: -computerName and -processName function killRemoteProcess{ [cmdletbinding()] param( [string]$computerName=$env:COMPUTERNAME, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]…
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October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: removing elements of an immutable “fixed size” array

By default, PowerShell's Array is an object class; hence, its length a "fixed size" as…
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October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: How To Bypass Double Hop Problems

# This is a working example of hoping without delegation. Fresh creds can be passed…
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September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Reset Failover Clustering Quorum

# Adding Prerequisite Microsoft ClusterFunction installFailoverClustersModule{if (!(get-module -Name "FailoverClusters") ){#Install-WindowsFeature Failover-Clustering | out-null;Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-Clustering-MGMT |…
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September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Create Daily VSS Snapshot of Volumes on Local Windows Machine

<# Daily-VSS-Snapshot-Windows-Standalone-FileServer.ps1 Functions: 1. Dynamically detect all volumes on local machine 2. Take snapshots of…
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September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Check Servers on Domain to Locate A Domain Account Being Set to Run Services and Scheduled Tasks

# Obtain the name of the default domain Administrator account (this account is expected to…
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September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Windows Servers Systems Inventory

Version 0.03 <# Systems-Inventory.ps1Version: 0.03 -- deprecated 12/24/2019Purpose: to generate a CSV spreadsheet with information…
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September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

Changing SMB Caching on Windows

# To turn OFF caching $rolesWithNoCaching="SHERVER01","SHERVER02" $rolesWithNoCaching | %{$shares=Get-SMBShare -scopename "$_"; foreach ($share in $shares){if(!($share.Name…
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September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 kimconnectkimconnect

Updating SSL Certificates on Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Server

Scripted Version Notes: Part 1: Adding Cert to ADFS Server # Import Cert and get…
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