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Message in a bottle – The Box

By david January 7, 2021Information Technology, PowerShell, ResourcesBox, Message Box, Messagebox, Notifications, SHDNo Comments

This will seem dumb, but do you need a message box in your script? Normally no, but when you are using a script for an end-user, you might need it.…

Print to All printers!

By david January 4, 2021Information Technology, PowerShell, ResourcesPrinter, PrintersNo Comments

Recently I came into a company where their printers were called printer 1, printer 2... and so on and so forth. It was amazing. No one knew which printer went…

Convert a Mac Address to a CIDR with Powershell

By david December 23, 2020Information Technology, PowerShellcidr, macaddress, PowerShell, SHDNo Comments

Today, I needed to convert a mac address to a CIDR. The lesson I learned about this is to go back to the basics instead of looking around for a…

1000 Faces

By david December 6, 2020PowerShell1000 Faces, PowerShell, This Person Does Not ExistNo Comments

Need 1000 or unique user photos for your lab? There is a great website for just such a thing. https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/image. Let's break down some code to see how we can…

Hide and Unhide A User’s Login

By david November 22, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology, PowerShellHide Account, Hide Login On Screen, Hide Special AccountsNo Comments

Do you have an admin account that needs to be hidden? Setting up this account among 2000 machines at different sites and different clients? Sounds like a nightmare right? Well,…

Numlock On Startup

By david November 22, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology, PowerShellNumberpad, Numlock, Set-ItempropertyNo Comments

I hate it when I start up my PC and my number lock is turned off. Did you know you can set this to be automatic. Yep that's right, automatic.…

2FA and Outlook

By david November 20, 2020Help Desk, Information Technology2fa, Office 365, OutlookNo Comments

A friend's company turned on 2fa for their office 365. When people logged into office.com they were prompted to 2-factor authenticate with the system. Some choose to call in, some…

Invoke-SHDMoveFiles

By david October 21, 2020Information Technology, PowerShell, ResourcesIT Resource, Move, Move Files, SHDNo Comments

Ever need a service that copies a single folder to multiple locations at once? This script will do just that. It will copy a single location to more than one…

Invoke File Service Integrity Check

By david October 16, 2020Information Technology, PowerShell, ResourcesFile Checker, IT Resource, Resource, Send Email, Service Restart, SHDNo Comments

This little script will allow you to check a folder location, if that folder location has x number of files, it will restart the service of your choice on a…