johnwood79 / poweradmin

Powershell scripts useful for Windows enterprise administration

poweradmin

Powershell scripts useful for Windows enterprise administration.

All scripts are written by me, if not stated otherwise.

For a detailed description refer to the header's .DESCRIPTION field, here's just a quick summary:

Active Directory

• AD-Add-Users-To-Group.ps1

  Add multiple users from CSV file to a particular group.

• AD-Connect-HomeDrives.ps1

  Create home folders and connect them as home drive to AD users.

• AD-Disable-Inactive-Users.ps1

  Disable users that haven't logged in for a while.

• AD-Get-New-Accounts.ps1

  Get all accounts that have been created recently.

• AD-Rename-User.ps1

  Rename user's AD account and notify him by email.

• AD-Switch-Group.ps1

  Remove users from one group and add to another.

• Get-Inactive-Computers.ps1

  Get a list of computers where nobody logged in for a while.

• Get-LockedOutLocation.ps1

  An exellent function by Jason Walker to query PDC for a computer that processed a failed user logon attempt which caused the user account to become locked out.

Backup

• USMT-Backup

  Powershell wrappers for Microsoft's User State Migration Tool. Basically, a one-click backup & restore solution.

• Backup-UserProfile-USB.ps1

  Powershell wrapper for robocopy to backup user's profile folder & other non-system folders to USB disk.

Software

• Install-Java.ps1

  A one-click installer and updater. Checks for the latest JRE online prior to installing. Removes unnecessary old versions. Deploys with predefined global configuration settings & exception list, so no additional configuration is required.

• Uninstall-Remote.ps1

  Uninstall MSI-based software from remote PC.

Hardware

• New-HP-Printer-Setup.ps1

  Create DHCP reservation & add a new HP printer on a print server.

Misc

• Set-Outlook-Signature

  Dynamically set user's signature based on his AD attributes. A modification of Daniel Classon's script.

• Clean-Spooler.ps1

  Clean old spooled documents.

• Find-Username.ps1

  Find computers where specified user is currently logged in.

• Fix-Acl.ps1

  Scan all nested objects inside a folder and apply folder's ACL to them (if there's a difference).

• Get-All-Computers-With-Users.ps1

  Pull all computers from DC and see who is currently logged in.

• Get-Local-Admins.ps1

  Scan all computers and see who has local admin rights.

• Get-LogOn-LogOff.ps1

  Pull Logon and Logoff events from a specified computer to see who logged in / logged out and when.