The below is one line of PowerShell to output a Windows computers current public IP address to a text file along with a date time stamp. I have previously triggered the script via a scheduled task to run each time …
The below bit of PowrShell will return the uptime and last boot time stamp of a remote Windows computer. Change the $server variable as needed.
The below PowerShell script queries a remote computers event log to retrieve the event log id’s relating to Logon 7001 and Logoff 7002. Creating a nice little audit of when the computer was logged on and off. Prerequisites The remote …
The below script will find the screen aspect ratio of a computers primary video controller by querying WMI. The script stores the horizontal and vertical resolution for each video controller in an array and returns the result of dividing the …
Windows holds so much great information in the WMI including information on the battery. The below is a little PowerShell function that will show you what state your laptop battery is in full, charging etc. Function Check–BatteryState { param($Laptop=$env:computername) $Bstatus …
This script will allow you to migrate user’s printer connections to a new server based on the printer model or the queue name. If you would prefer a big bang approach and migrate all printers based on the server’s name, …
The below little VBS script is an example of how to pull back a list of network printers a users is connected to. This script is only pulling back the server and share names but you could retrieve other properties …
The below VB.net Console Application will simply return the MD5 hash of a file you pass to it as an argument. Exmaple Usage: “C:\test\File_MDS_Hash_Generator.exe” C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE <enter> 3D478B8AF281FA52E8EF1BD9E7895DA5 Do NOT enclose the argument with quotes even if your …
I recently had a need to list the properties of all files in a folder and its sub folders to find files that had not been used in a long time, or files where the owner had left. In my …
The below VBS script can be used to perform an action after a computer or device either starts or stops responding to pings. Usage: Call the function WaitForPing(SuccessOrFailure, “Name or IP”, TIMEOUT_PING_SUCCESS) Set SuccessOrFailure to TRUE to wait for the …