I set up a lot of operating systems (both Windows 10 and Server 2016) and currently spend quite a bit of time customizing the operating system doing things such as the following:

1. Changing the System Performance Options from "Let Windows choose what's best for my computer" to "Adjust for best performance"
2. Adding the Computer, My Documents, and Control Panel icons to the desktop
3. Pinning the Server manager, Command line (cmd.exe command), Control Panel, & PowerShell, Settings icons to the taskbar
4. Enabling System Protection and setting the amount of hard disk space to use to 13%
5. Enabling the "Allow remote connections to this computer" option, and enabling the local administrator account and the domain admin (administrator) account to remotely connect to the computer (within the Select Users option)
6. Setting the Power Options to "High Performance" and the "Choose when to turn off the display" to Never

I realize that a lot of these options can be set by googling what registry keys are created and or changed to do these things and then creating a PowerShell script (or even a batch file) to do these things but I'm also interested in finding ways where mouse movements and keyboard keystrokes can be recorded and then corresponding PowerShell commands created to do these things.

So what are the best software/methods for translating tasks into PowerShell scripts or for assisting me in creating these sort of PowerShell or automation scripts?

Greeting Experts,

I need help setting up a PowerShell script to collect all of the Mac address currently blocked in DHCP ( i.e., Mac Filtering). My organization has some DHCP Server (over 60) located at each one of our sites. Can somebody help me create a script to query my companies Domain ( i.e., all the DHCP servers) and come back with a list of filtered mac addresses?  Can somebody help me with this task.... thanks

Experts,

I need a script that can take the contents of one text file and merge it with a second text file:

here are the specifics, I have worked most of it out but am stuck on 1 particular part.

Content1.txt

====== COA : Hyper-V Server list ======

> This page outlines the Company A Hypervisor Servers and their Respective Information.

Company A Hyper-V Servers:

^Server      ^IP Address   ^Chassis   ^Management IP^
|server1  |192.168.1.1  |||
|server2  |192.168.1.2  |||
|server3  |192.168.1.3  |||
|server4  |192.168.1.4  |K01|192.168.1.1|
|server5  |192.168.1.5  |K01|192.168.1.1|
|server6  |192.168.1.6  |K|192.168.1.1|
|server7  |192.168.1.7  |K|192.168.1.1|
|server8  |192.168.1.8  |K|192.168.1.1|
|server9  |192.168.1.9  |K|192.168.1.1|
|server10  |192.168.1.10|K|192.168.1.1|
|server11  |192.168.1.11|||
|server12  |192.168.1.12|||

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content2.txt

====== COA : Hyper-V Server List ======

----

^Server      ^IP Address   ^Chassis   ^Management IP^
|[[:ict:servers:server1|SERVER1]]|192.168.1.1|||
|[[:ict:servers:server2|SERVER2]]|192.168.1.2|||
|[[:ict:servers:server3|SERVER3]]|192.168.1.3|||
|[[:ict:servers:server4|SERVER4]]|192.168.1.4|K01|192.168.1.1|
|[[:ict:servers:server5|SERVER5]]|192.168.1.5|K01|192.168.1.1|
|[[:ict:servers:server6|SERVER6]]|192.168.1.6|K|192.168.1.1|
|[[:ict:servers:server7|SERVER7]]|192.168.1.7|K|192.168.1.1|
|[[:ict:servers:server8|SERVER8]]|192.168.1.8|K|192.168.1.1|
|[[:ict:servers:server9|SERVER9]]|192.168.1.9|K|192.168.1.1|
|[[:ict:servers:server10|SERVER10]]|192.168.1.10|K|192.168.1.1|
|[[:ict:servers:server11|SERVER11]]|192.168.1.11|||
|[[:ict:servers:server12|SERVER12]]|192.168.1.12|||
\\

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Code so far:

$content1 = get-content content1.txt
$content2 = get-content content2.txt
$Content1Base = $content1 |? {$_ -like "*|*"}
$content2base = $content2 |? {$_ -like "*|*"} 
$Content1Need = foreach ($_ in $content1base){(($_).split("|")|select -index 2,3,4) -join "|"}
$Content2Need = foreach ($_ in $content2base){(($_).split("|")|select -index 1,2) -join "|"}

$Neededoutput = write-host ($content2need)[1]"|"($content1need)[1]

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Please take note of the $neededoutput.

[[:ict:servers:server2|SERVER2]] | 192.168.1.2  ||

I need to get this output across all 12 servers in the text file.

Hey Experts.  I am trying to copy a file from the server's share to a remote pc via a powershell script.  When I run the script in the ISE, I continue to get an error:

Copy-Item : Could not find a part of the path '\\etu4r\c$\Program Files\uvnc bvba\UltraVNC'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Copy-Item -path '\\w2k12fs01\public\ultravnc.ini' -destination '\\etu4rc ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-Item], DirectoryNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand

Using this script:

$remotepc=read-host -prompt 'Computer Name'
$servicename="uvnc_service"
$source='\\w2k12fs01\public\ultravnc.ini'
$destination='\\$remotepc\c$\Program Files\uvnc bvba\UltraVNC'

Copy-Item -path $source -destination $destination -Force

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I am launching this under my credentials which is a domain admin level.  Server is Windows 2008 R2 and we have Windows 7 Ent on all desktops.  I've tried different file copy commands including from the command line with just copy-item and replacing variables with the actual value.  I would greatly appreciate your help getting this to work.  Thanks Experts.

I followed a simple tutorial on how to schedule console applications (exe ) on windows scheduler. I came across "Puppet" and how it can be used to manage/configure such applications.
what is puppet and how can it be used  ?

Experts, I am drawing a blank here and know I am missing something simple.

Location1servers file

<Objs Version="1.1.0.1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/2004/04">
<Obj RefId="0">
    <S>SERVER1</S>
    <MS>
      <S N="Name">SERVER1</S>
    </MS>
  </Obj>
  <Obj RefId="1">
    <S>SERVER2</S>
    <MS>
      <S N="Name">SERVER2</S>
    </MS>
  </Obj>
</Objs>

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\\$L1S\C$\Zabbix\cec\ZabbixDeployment\zabbix_agentd.win.conf"

ComputerName = Server1
Hostname = Server1 
UserParameter= Some information 

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$location1servers = Import-clixml location1servers.xml
foreach ($L1S in $Location1Servers){
$configtemp1 = @(get-content "\\$L1S\C$\Zabbix\cec\ZabbixDeployment\zabbix_agentd.win.conf")
$configsearch1 = $configtemp1 |? {$_ -like "Hostname=*"}
$Location1Servers += $Location1Servers|? {$_ -like $L1S} |select-object @{n= 'ComputerName'; e= {$_}}, @{n= 'HostnameConfig';e= {$configsearch1}}, @{n= 'UserParameter';e= {$configsearch1a}} |select ComputerName, "HostnameConfig", UserParameter
}

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$location1servers |out-gridview



When I run this code, I get the following output:



Any help would be greately appreciated.

I am looking for ComputerName, Hostname, and UserParameters to be their own separate rows rather inbedded into a single row.

Hi everyone!
I am trying to do a few things in my bash script (script1.sh):  pass logicals/variables to my SAS program (program1.sas), execute SAS code (program1.sas), check with "errstat" for specific errors related to SAS code conditions that I set up in my SAS code, and also check with "logerrchk" SAS log file for any errors in the SAS log.  
I think most of the script is correct but I am not sure about both checking errors (errstat" and "logerrchk").

 Please note: variable/logicals (file1, file2, plog, and errstat) are also defined in the SAS program.  

 Please provide any suggestions or examples if you can.
 Here is what I have so far:

#!/bin/bash
#script1.sh

# Creating variables for directories
export DATADIR1=/root/alldirs/2018/data1
export DATADIR2=/root/alldirs/2018/data2
export DATADIR3=/root/alldirs/2018/data3
export PROGDIR1=/root/alldirs/2018/prog1

#Creating variables for data files that are used in program1.sas and final log file 
export file1=${DATADIR1}/sasdata1.sas7bdat
export file2=${DATADIR2}/sasdata2.sas7bdat
export plog=${DATADIR3}/sas_program.log

#executing SAS program
sas ${PROGDIR1}/program1.sas -log ${DATADIR3}/program1.log

#checking for errors in SAS log file
logerrchk=$?     
   if [[ "$logerrchk" !=0 ]]; 
   then 
       echo "--- Error: Abnormal end in program program1.sas. Check log file! ---" >> $plog
       exit 2
   else
       echo "--- Program1.sas run successfully! ---" >> $plog
   fi
  
#checking for specific errors 

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…

People,

I need some assistance to modify the below script so it runs with specific filtering on certain OU:

<#
Created by: https://www.experts-exchange.com/members/oBdA.html
.SYNOPSIS
Gets a list of accounts used in services and tasks.
.DESCRIPTION
Gets a list of accounts used in services and tasks. Default Windows accounts will be filtered out.
.PARAMETER ComputerName
A list of computer names to query.
You can pipe strings to this argument.
.PARAMETER Filter
A list of strings with account names to look for; overrides the default filter.
Note that accounts may show up as DnsDomainName\User, NetBiosDomainName\User, or user@DnsDomainName.
.PARAMETER ServiceOnly
Process only services.
.PARAMETER TaskOnly
Process only tasks.
.INPUTS
System.String
.OUTPUTS
System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject
.EXAMPLE
Get-ServiceOrTaskAccount
.EXAMPLE
Get-ServiceOrTaskAccount -ComputerName SomeMachine, SomeOtherMachine -ServiceOnly
.EXAMPLE
Get-Content .\servers.txt | Get-ServiceOrTaskAccount -Filter "Domain\Administrator", "Administrator@domain.com"
#>
#requires -Version 3
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName="Get_Service_Task")]
Param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false, Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$True)]
	[string[]]$ComputerName = @($ENV:ComputerName),
	[string[]]$Filter,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ParameterSetName="Get_Service")]
	[switch]$ServiceOnly,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ParameterSetName="Get_Task")]
	[switch]$TaskOnly
)
Begin {
	$IgnoreAccounts = @()
	ForEach 

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Hi, I would like to run a script on my DC to get a list of users/groups who have permissions to change AD password for users.

How can I obtain these results? I would like to avoid going through each OU/sub OU and check delegation/security settings.

Thanks all.

I had this question after viewing batch findtext match 2 criteria.
i am still playing with the above, however now i am having an issue while searching a csv i need to look for "DS" & "DSA" including the ", is there a way to accomplish this using findstr
perhaps with a double "

/c:"""ds"""

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Hello all,

I am working on a script to install application, it works good. but the setup file need to have some permissions on folder in C.
what can I include in the script to modify permission of particular folder?

Regards

Hi everyone!
I am trying to do a few things in my bash script (script1.sh):  pass logicals/variables to my SAS program (program1.sas), execute SAS code (program1.sas), check for errors, write all messages to a log file (sas_program.log), and also execute another script (script2.sh) which has a few directory logicals/variables shortcuts.

Please note: variable/logicals (file1, file2, plog, and stat) are also defined in the SAS program.  

Please provide any suggestions or examples if you can.
Here is what I have so far:

#script1.sh

#!/bin/bash

#executing script2.sh script 
source script2.sh

# Creating variables for directories
export DATADIR1=/root/alldirs/2018/data1
export DATADIR2=/root/alldirs/2018/data2
export DATADIR3=/root/alldirs/2018/data3
export PROGDIR1=/root/alldirs/2018/prog1


#Creating variables for data files that are used in program1.sas and final log file 
export file1=DATADIR1/sasdata1.sas7bdat
export file2=DATADIR2/sasdata2.sas7bdat
export plog=DATADIR3/sas_program.log

#Setting stat variable for future use
stat=0

#executing SAS program, checking for errors, and writing all messages to a log file 
sas ${PROGDIR1}/program1.sas -log ${DATADIR3}program1.log
stat=$?
   if [[ "$stat" !=0 ]]; 
     then echo -e "--- Error: Abnormal end in program program1.sas. Check log file! ---" >> $plog
    exit 2
             echo -e "--- Program1.sas run successfully! ---" >> $plog
   fi
exit 0

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Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thank you!

How to design and implement virtual labs for student login on a website? Is there an easy method to deloy virtual lab technology to allow multiple user login and have the virtual lab build the same way each time say for exam lab 1 builds a specific type of vm and runs scripts to deploy specific windows features etc. I found a great layout that I would like to base this project off of and that is the virtual labs for MCSA server 2012 R2 from cbt nuggets if anyone is familiar with their virtual lab option Ill explain a bit

Virtual lab 1 Configuring server
Click link and it builds in the web browser a client and 4 servers to utilize in the lab

I'm assuming this is being done with behind the scenes scripts and in the cloud for the resources that are being shared. Does anyone have a guide or has built something similar to this setup