When a user logs on to a Windows computer that is joined to an Active Directory domain, they may see the following error message:There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request.This message says that none of the AD domain controllers (LogonServer) is available from this computer...
You can use the Group Policy to create and deploy scheduled tasks to domain computers. For example, you can create a task that automatically logs out users or shuts down computers at a specified time, runs a script, etc.In this example, we will create a new Scheduler task that displays...
Administrators should occasionally delete old user profiles (retired or inactive users, etc.) from C:Users on Windows workstations and servers. The Windows user profile cleanup task is most commonly performed on Remote Desktop Services (RDS) terminal servers.The main problem with RDS servers is the constant growth in the size of the...
Table of Contents Introduction PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that can be used to automate various tasks, including managing Windows machines. One common task is changing the local administrator account password on multiple machines. This can be a tedious and time-consuming task if done manually, but PowerShell can make it much...
Table of Contents If you are managing multiple user accounts, it can be tedious and time-consuming to change passwords for each user. Fortunately, you can use PowerShell scripts to bulk change the passwords of multiple user accounts. This post will show you how to write a PowerShell script to bulk change...
Table of Contents Introduction When managing a network of machines, it can be useful to quickly determine which machines have accessible C drives over the network. In this blog post, we will walk through a PowerShell script that checks the accessibility of the C drive on a list of machines and outputs...
Table of Contents Introduction Installing software on multiple computers can be a time-consuming and tedious task. PowerShell provides a powerful scripting language that can be used to automate this process. In this blog post, we will explore a PowerShell script that can be used to remotely install software on multiple computers. PowerShell Script The...
Here's a sample batch script that you can use to automatically shutdown a computer at 11:03pm every day and display a 60-second countdown before shutting down: Save the above code in a text file with the extension ".bat" (e.g. "shutdown.bat"). To schedule this batch script to run automatically at 11:03pm every day,...
