Get Displayname from samaccountname
Hey Gang, Need some help I am trying to get the display name from Samaccount this is this what I have $user = Get-Content 'C:\Temp\User.txt' $results = @() Foreach($user in $Users) {$result...
View Articlelogonworkstation attribute multiple users and multiple computer names
I am working on populating the "logonworkstations" attribute with multiple computernames for multiple users. I have a simple script to populate the "logonworkstations" attribute from a csv file but I...
View ArticleScript help for GPO
I have a powershell script that I am using as a computer startup script to install Lync 2013 and it works fine, here is my issue. I created a test OU and applied my GPO to that OU I also created a...
View ArticleImport users from CSV file
Hello,I'm trying to import users from a CSV file into AD.This is what I've got so far:Import-Csv .\test.csv | foreach-object { New-ADUser -Title $_.UID -Surname $_.Surname -GivenName $_.GivenName...
View ArticleUpdating AD user information with Powershell
Ok I am very new to this. I have been watching videos and reading through various forums to learn what little powershell I currently know. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.I currently have to...
View ArticleScript for alarm and music
I was hoping someone could help me find a script that was an alarm (say for 7am) and would start up wmp and start randomly playing a song. I would appreciate if anyone could cash in any ideas, I find...
View Articleget-adcomputer question
im trying to allow the ability to type partial names into the read-host prompt... example to type in "hsc123" but get all computers with the name hsc12301, hsc12302, hsc12303, etc. I am a newbie when...
View ArticleReplacing "Everyone" with "Authenticated Users" for Print$ with PowerShell
Good Evening all. I am currently trying to figure out how to either 1) replace the existing Everyone group on the Print$ share with Authenticated Users or 2) use PowerShell to add Authenticated Users...
View ArticlePopulating extensionattribute10 for multiple users
I have 4750 active directory accounts with extensionAttribute10 is emptyI would like to populate that field extensionAttribute 10 with firstname.lastname@company.caHow would I do this in powershell? I...
View ArticleIs it possible to pass an array of filter criteria to ldap filter?
What I'm trying to do is set the filter criteria in the script below. Instead of having: $strFilter =...
View ArticleTracking events: http requests and Lync messages
Hello everybody.I'm wondering whether it's possible to track events without 3d party monitoring software. I know about WMI events, however there are two tasks impossible to handle with WMI. These are...
View ArticleExtracting Data from XML
It has been a long time since I have posted here, but I'm stuck on a powershell/xml question.I've written a powershell script that reads in a lot of data from some cmdlets and generates an XML...
View ArticleRunning job on remote computer as scheduled job
There seems to be times and reasons why running a powershell command or script on a remote computer as a scheduled job is a neccesity. I have been trying to come up with a way to do this on all my...
View ArticleHow to highlight a cell in Excel a certain color?
I found this code online and it works perfect. $erroractionpreference = “SilentlyContinue” $a = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application $a.visible = $True $b = $a.Workbooks.Add() $c =...
View Articleis Powershell like Perl?
Sorry for the simple question. Seems I can't use my Perl oneliners at work anymore... but I can use Powershell... So before i try to learn it.... So.. can i use powershell to write one liners that...
View ArticleLooking to improve this log parser
Since iTunes doesn't really provide much in the way of logging I am looking through our IIS Logs and trying to pull out specific requests for mp3/mp4 files or podcast requests as a way of at least...
View Articlecan't delete a file
This code works when I run it against my local computer. $packageID = Read-Host remove-item c:\temp\tmp\remove\$packageID.* remove-item c:\temp\tmp\remove2\$packageID.* The file $packageID.* was...
View ArticleRemote powershell execution
I have a mixture of Windows 7 and XP machines that I need to setup to enable them as clients to remote execute a SQL SSIS package. The package and RDBMS is located on a Windows 2008 server. On the...
View ArticleRun the batch file in remote system
I have batch file which is residing in the remote system (C:\RunJob.bat) Batch file contains code to open notepad.exeRemote system name : RemoteSysLocal system name : MohanSysHow do i run the...
View ArticleAdd-Type -Path c:\scripts\validateMatches.dll failing.
I can get Add-Type -Path c:\scripts\validateMatches.vb to work with the script below but trying to reference the compiled version fails. This script just adds a [ValidateMatches] type and is identical...
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