Lincolnshire Based MSP
I had a requirement recently that required a folder and all files under it to be removed from all local user profiles on a machine – turns out this is really simple to do in powershell: # Get a list of all local profiles on the target machine # $users = Get-ChildItem c:\users # Now … Read more
Recently I came across a customer site where a lot of the machines had stopped receiving updates from WSUS, despite being visible in the WSUS console and having shown as reported in. I decided to write a powershell script to parse all the machines in AD, stop the Windows Update service, delete the SoftwareDistribution folder, … Read more
Sadly, there has been a lot of scaremongering and bad advice floating around following the release of Windows 10. One of those ‘concerns’ is centered around Microsoft’s new Windows Update Delivery Optimization (WUDO) which is initially designed to help users get faster software updates and in theory is a good idea, being able to handle massive internet traffic of … Read more
There are several methods to achieve this, depending on the version of Hyper-V you are running. Whilst there is a common belief that files cannot be copied and pasted between the VM and the Host, this is not strictly true, we shall explore the ways you can achieve this functionality here: Use ESM (Enhanced Session mode) … Read more
I recently had an issue where trying to use chrome over a TeamViewer session resulted in a white screen. This can happen if there is no physical display attached to the computer you are accessing, or if say, the laptop lid is closed. Chrome tries to render using the GPU to a display that doesn’t … Read more
My favourite tool of the moment for remote sessions, whether it be SSH, Telnet, SFTP etc is MobaXterm The basic command is scp source-name user@destination:folder eg: scp c:/downloads/* [email protected]:/export/home/root
Variable Typical value (may vary) %ALLUSERSPROFILE% C:\ProgramData %APPDATA% C:\Users\(username}\AppData\Roaming %CommonProgramFiles% C:\Program Files\Common Files %COMPUTERNAME% {computername} %COMSPEC% C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe %HOMEDRIVE% C: or sometimes D: %HOMEPATH% \Users\{username} %LOCALAPPDATA% C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local %PATH% Varies. Includes C:\Windows\System32\;C:\Windows\ %PATHEXT% .COM; .EXE; .BAT; .CMD; .VBS; .VBE; .JS ; .WSF; .WSH; .MSC %ProgramData% C:\ProgramData %PROGRAMFILES% Directory containing program files, usually C:\Program Files %ProgramFiles(x86)% In 64-bit … Read more
A quick script to delete files older than a certain number of days, be careful if you run this against a root dir! ‘* Script Name: DeleteOldFiles.vbs ‘* Created On: 08/08/2013 ‘* Author: Jimmy White ‘* Version: 1.0 ‘NOTE! The Account used to run script needs delete permissions to folder & files. Const sSource … Read more
I use BGINFO a LOT, in fact, I probably use it at every site I manage. the following script pulls out the user’s description from AD to allow BGINFO to display this. Obviously, you can edit this to show any AD attribute you want… On Error Resume Next Dim objSysInfo, objUser Set objSysInfo = CreateObject(“ADSystemInfo”) Set … Read more
Ok, so in my previous blog post we covered the basics of what the Raspberry Pi actually is, now it’s time to plug it in and make it do something! *Note, this is for the original Raspberry Pi Model B, I will shortly be setting up a new post, stay tuned! Prepare an Operating System … Read more
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