September 2020 – bolding.us

Access PDQ Info with Powershell

By david September 30, 2020Information Technology, PDQ, PowerShellPDQ, PDQ Inventory, PowerShell, SQLiteNo Comments

You read that right, access PDQ information with PowerShell. You will need the PS SQL Lite module first. This module will allow you to access the SQL lite server. The…

Ping a /24 Subnet with Powershell

By david September 29, 2020Information Technology, PowerShellOne-Liner, Ping Subnet, PowerShellNo Comments

A friend asked me how to ping a /24 subnet the other day. I thought it would be a good little blog post. This is a one-liner. Here we go.…

Mitel Director NCC logs

By david September 29, 2020Information Technology, PBX SystemsGeneral Info, Logs, Mitel, NCC, Reading Logs, Shoretel, TMCNo Comments

One of the things that have helped me throughout my struggles with Mitel/Shoretel is the NCC logs inside the shoreline data folder. These logs can be hard to read, and…

Local Site Found by a Universal device

By david September 29, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology, PowerShellBatch, Local Links, PowerShell, RoamingNo Comments

We have multiple locations with backup hosted sites. These sites are designed to allow the end-user to access the information they need when the network is down. They are set…

Password Notifications

By david September 22, 2020Information Technology, PowerShell, ResourcesEmail, Emails, IT Resource, Notifications, Password, Password Notification, ResourcesNo Comments

I wanted to share a little script that has changed the world at my current company. It's a simple password email notification script. What it does is grabs the users'…

PSBoundParameters – Credentials

By david September 21, 2020Information Technology, PowerShell$PsBoundParameters.ContainsKey(), Contains, Key, PowerShell, Powershell TricksNo Comments

The PSBoundParameter is an amazing tool that will clear your mind of worries about non-mandatory parameter sets. In my Super Help Desk module I use the credential flag. Inside this…

SHD – Disable Inactive Users

By david September 13, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology, PowerShellDisable Users, Inactive Users, SHD1 Comment

Now we have a way to find the disable OU, and to disable a user, now it's time to disable old accounts. We do this by targeting the Last Logon…

SHD – Disable User

By david September 12, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology, PowerShellDisable User, Disabled User, PowerShell, Remove Groups1 Comment

My last blog was about how to find the disabled user OU. Now we will go over how I disable users and move them around to the disabled OU. The…

SHD – Find Disabled OU

By david September 12, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology, PowerShellDisabled OU, Disabled Users, OU, PowerShell, SHDNo Comments

Have you ever started in a company and there was no documentation? The disabled OU isn't named "Disabled Users" and things are just what the heck? This powershell script will…

SHD – Set Those Speakers

By david September 12, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology, PowerShellPowerShell, remote Computer, Set Volume, VolumeNo Comments

I hate it when someone calls and says they can't hear their video while on a terminal server. 99% of the time is because the sound is muted on the…