PoweShell: Send email from script
#PowerShellThis is pretty simple and well documented. I even use some version of it in several of my other scripts listed on this site but I…
Powershell: WSUS maintenance Script
#PowerShellI have written this a few times for various companies I have consulted for and each time it gets a little more efficient. This is the…
PowerShell: Get Windows licensing status for domain machines
#PowerShellI cant really claim credit for this as I have just used this function https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5675.powershell-determine-windows-license-activation-status.aspx However…
PowerShell : Why can't my user log on?
#PowerShellIf you want to know the reason why a users log on attempt failed, the information is there but its burried in a pile of events…
PowerShell : Identify unused GPO with ZZZ_
#PowerShellA nice and quick one for you. This will find any group policy objects that you have in your domain that are not in use and…
PowerShell : Adding records to the hosts file
#PowerShellThis is always a pain. Its much easier to just open a PowerShell windows as an administrator and issue the following Add-Content C:\Windows\System32\drivers\…
Hyper-v, Powershell : Get the hostname of the server hosting your VM
#PowerShell #Hyper-VI always forget this so: (get-item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters").GetValue("HostName")…
PowerShell + Windows Firewall: RDP Brute Force Protection - UPDATE
#PowerShellIf you have a server on the internet you will probably already be aware that there are scumbags out there running apps that just scan every…