Disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates
Why? It's annoying if Windows keep updating automatically in the background and even reboot when…
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager Errors and Resolutions
Error Message: Error (415)Agent installation failed copying 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Virtual Machine Manager\agents\I386\IRV-VMM01\msiInstaller.exe' to '\\IRV-HYPERV06\ADMIN$\msiInstaller.exe'.The…
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PowerShell: Create, Edit User Accounts Basing on CSV File
# Create New Users: defined as names in CSV that does not exist in Existing…
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PowerShell: Create User Accounts From CSV File
# User-input Variables $csvFile='C:\Users-finalized.csv' $newOu='CN=Users,DC=kimconnect,DC=com' $newCompany='Kim Connect' $logFile="c:\temp\createActiveDirectoryAccounts-$(get-date -f yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss).txt" function createActiveDirectoryAccounts{ param( $csvFile, $newOu,…
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PowerShell: Update Accounts Basing on CSV File
# adAccountsCsvUpdate.ps1 $originalCsvFile='C:\Users.csv' $newCsvFile='C:\Users-finalized.csv' $newEmailSuffix='@kimconnect.net' $newOu='CN=Users,DC=kimconnect,DC=com' function adAccountsCsvUpdate{ param( $originalCsvFile, $newCsvFile, $newEmailSuffix, $newOu ) function…
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PowerShell: Export Event Logs by a Certain Date Range
# User defined variables $daysLimit=7 $startdate=(get-date).adddays(-$daysLimit) $computername=$env:computername $logName='Application' $filterTypes='Error','Warning' $logPath="c:\temp\eventlogs-from-$($startdate.tostring('yyyy-MM-dd'))-to-$((get-date).tostring('yyyy-MM-dd')).csv" # Get the event logs…
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PowerShell: Backup Dynamics CRM Organization Database
# backupCrmOrgDatabase.ps1 # This script is to be invoked in the context of the Administrator…
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PowerShell: Remove or Disable Windows Defender
$username='domain\serviceAccount' $password='PasswordHere' $encryptedPassword=ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force $credentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $userName,$encryptedPassword; $computerNames=@( 'SERVER01',…
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PowerShell: Windows Session Memory Usage Watcher
# windowsSessionWatcher.ps1 $serverNames=@( 'IRV-RDS01.domain1.net', 'LAX-RDS02.domain2.com ) $thresholdMemoryUsagePercent=30 $thresholdMemoryGb=20 $domainCreds=@( @{domain='domain1.ad';username='domain1\sysadmin';password=$env:pass1} @{domain='domain2.com';username='domain2\sysadmin';password=$env:pass2} ) # Email relay…
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How to Fix Remote Desktop Blue Screen on Windows 2019
Problem: when an RDP session is idle for an extended period of time, that session…
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PowerShell: Checking Duplicating Identifiers Among ADFS Relying Party Trusts
function getDuplicatingIfd{ write-host "Checking each relying party trust for any duplicates of identifiers..." $trusts=Get-AdfsRelyingPartyTrust $allTrustNames=$trusts.Name…
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PowerShell: Connecting via WinRM with a Timeout
$credentials=get-credential $sessionTimeout=New-PSSessionOption -OpenTimeout 120000 # 2 minutes $sessionIncludePort=New-PSSessionOption -IncludePortInSPN -OpenTimeout 120000 $session=if($credentials){ try{ New-PSSession -ComputerName…
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PowerShell: Check ADFS for Duplicate Identifiers
function checkDuplicateIdf{ write-host "Checking each relying party trust for any duplicates of identifiers..." $trusts=Get-AdfsRelyingPartyTrust $allTrustNames=$trusts.Name…
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PowerShell: Creating Active Directory Accounts from CSV File
# User-input Variables $csvFile='C:\Users\rambo\Desktop\newUsers-finalized.csv' $newOu='CN=Users,DC=kimconnect,DC=com' $newCompany='KimConnect.com' $logFile="c:\temp\createActiveDirectoryAccounts-$(get-date -f yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss).txt" function createActiveDirectoryAccounts{ param( $csvFile, $newOu, $newCompany,…
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PowerShell: Maintain Chocolatey Applications
This current version has some bugs... Review these other codes for some ideas on fixing...…
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Add Chocolatey Private Repo
$privateRepo='kimconnectrepo' $privateRepoUrl='https://choco.kimconnect.net/chocolatey' $priority=1 # Set private repo source if it doesn't exist function addRepo{ param(…
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PowerShell: Uninstalling an Application
$appname='Google Chrome' function uninstallApp($appName){ $alternativeMethod=$false try{ $app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object{$_.Name -eq $appName}…
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PowerShell: Hyper-V Servers Capacity Report
Current Version: # HyperVCapacityReport.ps1 # Version 0.0.2 # Report parameters $workingDirectory='C:\scripts\googleSheets' $selectFields='node,model,os,cores,cpuUtilizationPercent,ramGb,ramUsedPercent' $domainObjects=@( @{domain='intranet.kimconnect.com';dc='lax-dc02.intranet.kimconnect.com';username='intranet\clusterReport';password=$env:clusterReportPass} @{domain='intranet.dragoncoin.com';dc='lax-dc02.intranet.dragoncoin.com';username='intranet\clusterReport';password=$env:clusterReportPass}…
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PowerShell: Disable Microsoft Dynamics CRM Organization
# disableCrmOrganization.ps1 $orgname='testOrg' $domain='kimconnect.com' $dnsServer='10.10.10.10' $credentials=@{ 'kimconnect\crmAdmin'='password'; 'kimconnect\devAdmin'='password'; } $usernamePrefix='kimconnect\crm' $servernameSuffix='-app01' $ipDictionary=@{ 'dev01'='1.1.1.1'; 'prod01'='2.2.2.2'; }…
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PowerShell: CredSSP
# Part 1: enable client mode on the local jump box $remoteComputer='SHERVER009' Enable-WSManCredSSP Client -DelegateComputer…
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