Archive August 2018

Map network drives to the correct locations

Run CMD as Administrator

Mirror file & directories and output detail to text file
robocopy E:\….. z:\…. /MIR /S >c:\temp\detail.txt

 

 import-module activedirectory

#List all users in the domain

# Display Name and Email Address

get-aduser -Filter *  -SearchBase “dc=Test,dc=com” -Properties Displayname,emailaddress | select displayname ,emailaddress | Export-Csv C:\temp\users_and_email.csv   

 

Troubleshooting Windows Updates #Windows 10 #Windows 2016

Windows Update Log

PowerShell command to check the Windows Update log

• Get-WindowsUpdateLog

 

Check Registry Keys

Run command prompt as adminitrator and paste these query registry keys in to see what your client has set for Windows Updates.

• reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /s

• reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Update

• reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings

 

Check CBS Log

Find the Component-Based Servicing log here.

• C:\Windows\Logs\CBS

# Get a list of users which have logged on to the domain in the last 7 days

$Date = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)

Get-ADUser -Filter {LastLogonDate -gt $Date} | Select distinguishedName

 

# script to find all AD users who have the “cannot change password” box checked in a specific OU

# Windows Server 2016

# Powershell

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties CannotChangePassword -SearchBase “OU=specificOU,DC=TEST,DC=com” | where { $_.CannotChangePassword -eq “true” } | Format-Table Name, DistinguishedName