Change User Account Setting – PasswordNeverExpires
After running an audit, it was discovered that some user account passwords on the domain were set to never expire. A few meetings later the team decided to change …
Adding Hostnames to Security Groups
Adding multiple users to a Security Group can be tedious if done individually. Here is a PowerShell script that will improve efficiency when adding computer hostnames to the member section …
Invoke Command Examples
If you aren’t using Invoke-Command on your network, you should really think about upgrading your life and enabling WinRM in your environment. Here are a few examples of Invoke-Command used …
Remotely Rename Computer’s Hostnames
Below is a PowerShell script that will change the Hostname of a domain computer remotely. You will need to build a .csv file of computer’s Hostnames you wish to change …
Zip Files to New Folder
If you need to zip up all the files in directory and send them to a new folder here is a quick PowerShell script that will work. This script will …
Deleting Smart Card Certificates
Smart card certificates can be annoying if you have to insert other coworker’s Common Access Card (CAC) into your system. A system can quickly fill up with dozens of users …
Change Local Admin Password Remotely
Microsoft disabled changing the local admin account of computers via GPO due to a security vulnerability. This link goes into further detail regarding this issue: MS14-025-Vulnerability If you want to change …
See How Long An Application Has Been Running
Using Microsoft’s PowerShell cmdlet: New-TimeSpan you can see how long an application has been running Command: New-TimeSpan -Start (get-process calc).StartTime You will want to sub the word “calc” out for …
Display Link Speed and Duplex Speed Information
Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2 has a PowerShell cmdlet called: Get-NetAdpater. This tool can be used to quickly get critical network information from a system, such as …
Saving Credentials for Mapped Network Drive
Tired of having users ask you to map network drives because the password and username are not persistent? Try this command in Powershell or Command Prompt: net use Z: \\Hostname\ShareFolder …