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Search for Windows 7 Systems, Disable, Move and Remove from SCCM

2019-11-27 Uncategorized Harry Caskey 0

This script will search AD for any computer objects that match the OperatingSystem value of Windows 7. It will then disable those systems and move them to a container called “To Be Removed” at the root of the domain. The second part imports your SCCM module, mounts the drive and then removes those same objects […]

Capture and Restore Active Power Configuration

2019-10-29 Scripts Harry Caskey 2

I wrote this script to run during an operating system upgrade, you can capture the current Power Config and store it to the system drive. Then after the system has upgraded, you can run the following command to restore the Power Config. If you use SCCM, this can be added as a PowerShell script before […]

Check Disk Number

2019-10-23 Current Branch, DiskPart, Microsoft, PowerShell, SCCM, Scripts Harry Caskey 0

I wrote this script to detect the disk number and assign it a variable in the SCCM task sequence. Most hardware manufactures always set the default disk to 0. However, there are some instances where that is not the case. Running this script before the task sequence formats the hard drive will assign the correct […]

Suspend BitLocker Temporarily

2019-10-23 BitLocker, PowerShell Harry Caskey 0

This script will check if BitLocker is currently in an active state, and if so it will run the Suspend-BitLocker cmdlet.

Detect VPN Connection State with PowerShell

2018-11-20 PowerShell, Scripts Harry Caskey 1

I wrote this script because I had a need to detect the current state of a VPN connection. With Windows 10, you can use the “Get-VpnConnection” cmdlet. However, if you are working in an environment where that commandlet is not available you can use a WMI query to determine the VPN Connection State.