by Alex Verboon
Update: 22. August 2014: I have posted an updated version of the script here. During his Group Policy: Notes from the Field – Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting session at TechEd Group Policy MVP Jeremy Moskowitz demonstrates how to filter the Read More …
Here’s a script that lists all Boot and Operating system images stored within Configuration Manager and shows whether the Binary Delta Replication Setting is enabled or not. <# .Synopsis List Binary Delta Replication Setting for ConfigMgr Boot and Operating Read More …
Here’s a simple script I put together to list the scheduled tasks including the description, status and whether the task is set to hidden or not. When deploying a new operating system I find it important to understand what scheduled Read More …
I just read a blog post from Ed Wilson (Scripting Guy) about Use PowerShell to Configure Windows Defender Preferences and wondered if there’s more here. And yes there is. If you have a default insallation of Windows 8 and have Read More …
Windows 8.1 Update introduces a new cmdlet that allows you to export third-party drivers that are located within the driver store of a Windows client. $ExpDrv = Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination c:\temp\3rdpartydrivers The result, all drivers exported into the provided destination Read More …
The below script provides a simple and quick method to find ConfigMgr Collections and its members. The script has a -Name parameter that accepts the exact or part of the collection name. Next all collections that match the name are Read More …
The below script gathers the following system startup time information from a local or remote client. Computername Last Wakeup time (from Sleep, Hibernate or Fast boot on Windows 8x clients)The last wakeup date/time is converted from UTC into the client Read More …
Here’s a function I wrote to create a large dummy file either filled with zero’s or random characters. The -Target parameter must be eitehr a file including the path or just the path. If the path does not exist, it Read More …
I just found out that meanwhile (since October last year) the Rest API for wordpress now also works on self-hosted wordpress sites. So i can now access the content of my blog through PowerShell. $posts = Invoke-RestMethod -uri “https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/www.verboon.info/posts/?number=50” $posts.posts Read More …
I am currently working on a script where I need to create a scheduled task that runs a powershell script at a given time. With PowerShell 4.0 a scheduled task can be easily created with the new cmdlets New-ScheduledTaskAction, New-ScheduledTaskTrigger Read More …