Remote Wipe a Computer With PowerShell
Did you know you can wipe a computer using code? I didn't realize this was an option until I needed to do it the other day. Well, I quickly found code to wipe a computer using PowerShell. It was pretty simple as a full Microsoft documentation page is dedicated to the wipe types. You can read about it here. The only problem I ran into was this...
SHD – Quickbook Search
This past week I needed to find all of the quickbook files on a computer without accessing quickbooks itself. The core of the script is a simple Get-Childitem command looped for each logical disk on the machine. Looking for one of the four main extensions for...
Group Policy – Block Batch Scripts correctly
Recently a IT specialist left a client's company, and they left some time bombs. One of them was blocking command prompt for the end users. Normally this is not a problem, but they set the policy to a bad scope. Even the admins couldn't use the command prompt. It was...
GPO – Legal Notice/Forget Last User
Recently I came across a client that had an amazing legal notice before you logged into a computer. I also noticed that it didn't remember who last logged in. This gave a unique level of security and provided a good AUL at the same time. I wanted to guide you through...