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Try this : https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2147284

  1..5 | % { New-Item -Path c:\fso -Name “$_.txt” -Value (Get-Date).toString() -ItemType file} Borrowed from : here

In my last blog I posted about finding the Remote Desktop Home Folders. Best now post how to change them … Function Set-RDUserSetting { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] Param( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory,HelpMessage=”Enter a user’s sAMAccountName”, ValueFromPipeline,ParameterSetName=”SAM”)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [Alias(“Name”)] [string]$SAMAccountname, [Parameter(ParameterSetName=”SAM”)] [string]$SearchRoot, [Parameter(Mandatory,HelpMessage=”Enter a user’s distingished name”, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName,ParameterSetName=”DN”)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [Alias(“DN”)] [string]$DistinguishedName, [boolean]$AllowLogon, [Alias(“Profile”)] [string]$TerminalServicesProfilePath, [Alias(“HomeDirectory”)] [string]$TerminalServicesHomeDirectory, [Alias(“HomeDrive”)] [string]$TerminalServicesHomeDrive, [string]$Server, [switch]$Passthru ) […]

I am working on a project to migrate a Windows Cluster. I need to find any AD accounts that are pointing to the older cluster location in Remote Desktop Services Home Folder.   I have pilfered this code from the interwebs : https://www.petri.com/powershell-problem-solver-active-directory-remote-desktop-settings   [code language=”powershell”] Function Get-RDUserSetting { [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName=”SAM”)] Param( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory,HelpMessage=”Enter a user’s sAMAccountName”, ValueFromPipeline,ParameterSetName=”SAM”)] […]

Seems counter intuative , right ? Customer needs a pop up to display that software is being installed and offer the delay action. CM2012 could be used but it needs to be clear and simple for the (ab)users. This happens to be for a SAP silent install , but the theory will work for all […]

# grabs the ListofMachines from the CSV $ListofMachines=Get-Content “c:tempmachines.csv” # loop starts here foreach ($machine in $ListofMachines) { #Performs a release ( if needed ! use with care remotely ! ) #Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -ComputerName $machine | Where { $_.IpEnabled -eq $true -and $_.DhcpEnabled -eq $true} | ForEach-Object -Process {$_.ReleaseDHCPLease()} # query the $machine that […]

We wrote this at GiraffeIT.com. If you know the remote IP or DNS name of a machine it will help you renew a DHCP lease and flush the DNS. Very useful if you have a remote machine with a scope change and its not being reflected.   write-host “—————————–” write-host “DHCP lease renewal + flushDNS” […]

Devised this script that will run a program based on the username of the logged in user and resizes the window as needed.   #find the currently logged on user and stick the name into the $LoggedOnUser variable $LoggedOnUser=(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -eq ‘explorer.exe’}).GetOwner() | select User echo $LoggedOnUser #Uncomment the line below […]

Export/Import existing scopes   Export the DHCP scope ( whilst leaving active on source ) from SERVER using either powershell or netsh   Powershell commands:   Export-DhcpServer [-File] <String> [-CimSession <CimSession> ] [-ComputerName <String> ] [-Force] [-Leases] [-Prefix <IPAddress[]> ] [-ScopeId <IPAddress[]> ] [ <CommonParameters>]   Example: export-dhcpserver -ComputerName SERVER -file “C:PATHNAME.XML” Pre-Requisites for the PowerShell at […]

This script MUST be run on a 2012 server #you define some share ( eg \server1dhcpbackup$  , and DNS suffix eg my.domain.com #remove any variables that might have been stored, otherwise it has a bit of a wobble. Remove-Variable dhcpServer Remove-Variable dhcpServers #we are going to do a check first for all files/folders that are […]

In theory you should know if all your machines are active or not in your environment. However as the environment gets bigger or more people work on it this can become confusing. This powershell script reads a list ( in txt format ) of machines you want to ping , how many pings , max […]

This code will find all servers in a domain and return its canonical location   $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $objSearcher.Filter = ‘(OperatingSystem=Window*Server*)’ “Name”,”canonicalname”,”distinguishedname” | Foreach-Object {$null = $objSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($_) } $objSearcher.FindAll() | Select-Object @{n=’Name’;e={$_.properties[‘name’]}},@{n=’ParentOU’;e={$_.properties[‘distinguishedname’] -replace ‘^[^,]+,’}} | ft -autosize

Simple script to add multipe users from one group to another easily.   Will show on screen error if they already are members of the destination group but carry on going on error.     ====================================================================================== $Source_Group = “CN=MAC,OU=Test Groups,OU=Groups,OU=GB,,DC=whatever,DC=com” $Destination_Group = “CN=newMAC,OU=Test Groups,OU=Groups,OU=GB,,DC=whatever,DC=com”   $Target = Get-ADGroupMember -Identity $Source_Group foreach ($Person in $Target) { […]

This script is pretty handy, it will connect to the Virtual Center you specify in Powershell.   # you will need to adjust the viserver name connect-viserver mecvm01.eu.kellogg.com $reportedvms=New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $vms=get-view -viewtype virtualmachine |Sort-Object -Property { $_.Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_ -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualEthernetCard]} | Measure-Object | select -ExpandProperty Count} -Descending foreach($vm in $vms){ $reportedvm = New-Object […]