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Windows PowerShell Scripts by Category¶

This page lists all of the known Windows PowerShell scripts available for use. Some link to pages outside of myITforum.com, while the rest cover the scripts already posted to myITforum.com through articles, uploads, and Web blogs.

Active Directory/Domain¶

• PowerShell Script To Write Domain Information To Excel
  

• PowerShell script to query ADSI and get user object properties
  

• PowerShell script to list user group membership in Active Directory
  

• PowerShell script to list group members in Active Directory
  

• PowerShell script to add/remove a domain user to the Local Administrators group on a remote machine
  

• PowerShell script to modify user properties in Active Directory
  

• PowerShell script to modify multiple users' property in Active Directory
  

• PowerShell Script To Create A New Organizational Unit
  

• PowerShell Script To Create New Organizational Units From A Text File
  

• Using PowerShell to move TsProfilePath for multiple users in AD
  

• PowerShell to identify the GlobalCatalog Servers and more in your AD environment - Part I
  

• PowerShell to identify the GlobalCatalog Servers and more in your AD environment - Part II
  

• Getting NT Domain information using PowerShell
  

• PowerShell script to create AD accounts
  

• PowerShell script to find all the .admin users in AD
  

• PowerShell one liner to query servers in AD
  

• PowerShell script to create AD accounts (II)
  
  
  
  ====File System====
  
  
• PowerShell Command to Obtain List of Zero Sized files
  

• Powershell script to change the Last Modified Timestamp for all the files in a folder
  

• PowerShell script to delete files older than a certain number of days
  

• PowerShell Script Example To List Files In A Specified Directory With A Specified File Extension
  

• PowerShell script To Retrieve A Local Machines Available Free Disk Space In GB
  

• PowerShell script to list files modified after a certain date
  

• PowerShell script perform a mass text replace
  

• PowerShell script to delete sub folders older than a certain number of days
  

• Get Root Directory Information for Logical Drives
  
  
  
  ====Hardware====
  
  
• PowerShell Script To Return The Local Machines Installed Memory In Megabytes
  

• Get information about the installed processor
  

• Get information about your laptop battery
  

• Get CD-Rom information
  

• Get monitor information
  

• Get a list of available and used IRQs on the computer
  

• Get information about the computer's BIOS
  

• Get information about the installed printers
  

• Getting information about the Disk Drive Partitions
  

• Get Information About the Computer Fan
  
  
  
  ====Microsoft Office====
  
  
• PowerShell script to compare a list of names in one Excel column to a list of names in another column
  
  
• PowerShell script to open target Excel worksheet in target workbook
  
  
• PowerShell script to open Excel object (Workbook)
  
  
• PowerShell script to open a working range in an Excel worksheet
  
  
• How to create a copy of a worksheet in Excel
  

• OWA Plain text
  

• Using PowerShell to get general MS Outlook information
  

• Getting Microsoft Excel Information
  

• Getting a List of the Installed Microsoft Word Add-ins
  

• Getting information on the installed ODBC drivers
  

• Get Microsoft Access Summary Information
  
  
  
  ====Network====
  
  
• PowerShell Script To Verify If A Router Is On Line
  

• PowerShell Script To Get Network Drive Information From A List Of Machines
  

• PowerShell Script To Return A Local Machines Network Drives
  

• PowerShell script to ping a list of servers - .NET way
  

• PowerShell script to get default gateway for your vpn connection
  

• PowerShell Script To enumerate A Specified Print Server for a List of Installed Printers
  

• PowerShell script to add multiple A records in DNS
  

• PowerShell Script to work with DNS WMI Provider
  

• Find out about the computer's network client
  

• Getting Information on Attached Shares
  

• Getting Logical Disk Information
  
  
  ====Operating System====
  
  
• Get the Disk Quota Settings on a Computer
  
  
• Powershell script to get Nic driver details and report in Excel
  
  
• Powershell script to get Nic Driver Information
  
  
• PowerShell Script To Return A Remote Machines MAC And IP Address
  
  
• Getting the List of Scheduled Tasks
  
  
• Retrieving Environment Variables
  
  
• Using PowerShell To Kill Local A Running Process
  
  
• Find all the processes on a computer that started today
  
  
• PowerShell Script To Export Installed Product Information To A CSV File
  
  
• Calculate the number of days until the new year
  
  
• PowerShell Script To Return Operating System Version Info From A List Of Machines
  
  
• PowerShell Script To Get The Logged On User Name For A Specified Machine
  
  
• PowerShell Convert To Date Time Method
  

• PowerShell script to list Local Groups on a remote computer
  

• PowerShell script to rename Local Administrator Account on a list of remote machines
  

• PowerShell script to list Local Users on a remote computer
  

• PowerShell script to check remote eventlog
  

• PowerShell script to check Windows Installer (msi.dll) version
  

• PowerShell script to list installed software on local computer
  

• PowerShell script to back up and delete eventlog
  

• PowerShell one liner to list startup commands
  

• PowerShell script to collect server inventory
  

• PowerShell Script to retrieve scheduled tasks on a remote machine - Task Scheduler API
  

• PowerShell Script to List Start Menu Items
  

• Get a list of the Startup Commands
  

• Getting a List of Installed Games on Windows Vista
  

• Getting the Computer's Boot Information
  

• Get A Process Owner
  

• Get information about Registry Activity
  

• Find all Event Logs on the Computer
  

• Find out how the computer is configured to handle system recovery
  

• Get All Computer System Information
  

• Getting a Service's Dependency
  

• Getting Information about the Time Zone
  

• Getting the Computer's Time Zone
  

• Getting disk volume information from the computer
  

• Sifting through the Dr. Watson log file with PowerShell
  

• PowerShell Script to restart multiple remote computers
  
  
  
  ====Patching====
  
  
• PowerShell script to check if a particular patch installed
  
  
• PowerShell script to check when the computer was last patched (Using Windows Update Agent API)
  

• PowerShell script to check BITS 2.5
  
  
  
  ====Products====
  
  
  
  =====Configuration Manager 2007=====
• Automating ConfigMgr Query Creation with Powershell
  

• Compare two ConfigMgr Distribution Points Using PowerShell
  

• Trigger ConfigMgr Hardware Inventory using PowerShell
  

• The RepairClient Method
  

• Remotely Show Machine Advertisement Information for a ConfigMgr Client using PowerShell
  

• WMI WQL Queries – made easy for remote WMI especially for SMS 2003 or ConfigMgr 2007
  

• SMS 2003 / ConfigMgr 2007 scripting
  

Exchange¶

• PowerShell cmdlet to add mailbox permissions
  

• PowerShell cmdlets to work with Distribution group in Exchange 2007
  

• Use Move-ClusteredMailboxServer cmdlet to transfer CMS to a passive cluster node
  

• PowerShell script to list the top 10 mailbox user on your exchange 2007 server
  

• See the list of scheduled Exchange Server tasks
  
  
  
  =====Operations Manager 2007=====
• Get a List of Management Pack Rules with PowerShell
  

• Using SCOM Command Shell to Configure Gateway Server Failover to Multiple Management Servers
  

• SCOM 2007 Powershell Get-Agent Commandlet
  

• PowerShell script to schedule a maintenance window in SCOM 2007
  

• Resolving OpsMgr 2007 Alerts From The Command Shell
  

• PowerShell script to install SCOM Agent on multiple servers
  

• PowerShell one liner to close ~3000 SCOM alerts!
  

• Get-Alert examples
  

• PowerShell Script to check Operation Manager 2007 Agents Service and HealthState
  

• Operations Manager 2007 Cmdlet Get-PendingAction mini-reports
  

• PowerShell Script to Put the Agent, the Health Service and the Health Service Watcher on the Agent into Maintenance Mode
  

• Get the list of all the computers in Maintenance Mode
  

• PowerShell Script to identify Agent which needs to have
  

• Get-Alert Examples
  

• Close all open alerts generated by rules
  
  
  =====System Center Essentials=====
• PowerShell Script Get SCE 2007 Management Pack Names
  
  
  =====Systems Management Server 2003=====
• PowerShell Script To Retrieve A Local Machines SMS Client Action ID’s
  

• PowerShell Script To Force A Local SMS 2003 Client To Rediscover It’s Site Code
  

• PowerShell Script To Get A Local Machines Current SMS Assigned Site Code
  

• PowerShell Script To Get An SMS Clients Installed Components Name And Versions
  

• Perform SMS 2003 Client Actions
  

• Triggering SMS 2003 Client Inventory Actions
  

• WMI WQL Queries – made easy for remote WMI especially for SMS 2003 or ConfigMgr 2007
  
  
  
  ====Security====
  
  
• PowerShell script to check McAfee Virus Definition
  
  
• Generate random password with PowerShell
  

• Powershell script to get Symantec Antivirus Client version and virus definition date
  

• PowerShell script to rename Local Administrator Account on a list of remote machines
  

• PowerShell script to check how many items are in the quarantine folder - Symantec
  

• PowerShell Script To Retrieve the Logged On User For A Remote Machine
  

• PowerShell to check and change Windows Firewall settings
  

• Get information on the NAP System Health Agent
  

• Report information about the NAP Client
  

• Getting Win32_AccountSID Information
  
  
  
  ====Text Manipulation====
  
  
• Powershell script to manipulate strings
  
  
• PowerShell Script to compare two arrays
  
  
• Using PowerShell To Sort Or Remove Duplicates From Text Files
  

• PowerShell script to convert decimal number to hexadecimal value
  

• PowerShell cmdlet to compare two different objects
  
  
  
  ====Virtualization====
  
  
• PowerShell Script to Take Snapshot on Multiple VM Machines
  

• PowerShell script to remove virtual machine from VMWare Infrastructure