When you connect a new USB device to your computer, Windows automatically detects the device and installs the appropriate driver. As a result, the user can use the connected USB drive or device almost immediately. If your organization’s security policy prohibits the use of portable USB storage devices (flash drives,...
Windows Group Policy allows you to run various script files at a computer startup/shutdown or during user logon/logoff. You can use GPOs not only to run classic batch logon scripts on domain computers (.bat, .cmd, .vbs), but also to execute PowerShell scripts (.ps1) during Startup/Shutdown/Logon/Logoff.In modern versions of Windows, you...
The Start Menu search feature is used more often in Windows 10 and 11 than in previous OS versions. You can use Windows Start Menu search to quickly find an app, file, setting item, system feature, or even to search the Web. However, in some cases, Windows search may stop...
For one of the projects, I needed a PowerShell script to find duplicate files in the shared network folder of a file server. There are a number of third-party tools for finding and removing duplicate files in Windows, but most of them are commercial or are not suitable for automatic...
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 it comes to software distribution, the most common way to package and deploy Windows applications is through installers. However, not all installers are created equal. Some applications may be packaged as EXE files, which typically use a proprietary installer format that may not be ideal for enterprise...
