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I have this code:$GetBootValue1 = (get-ItemProperty hklm:\SOFTWARE\MGH).OneHourif ($GetBootValue1 = '1') { remove-itemproperty -path HKLM:\Software\MGH -name OneHour | Start-Sleep -s 30 | shutdown.exe...
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Hi, I am new to Powershell but have a requirement to copy the groups that one user is a member of to another user's Active directory account. Unfortunately we do not use and Quest Snap-ins due to...
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View ArticleFind disabled users - Remove them from any group they are members of where...
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View ArticleUsing test-path to check for file existence in four network directories
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View ArticleExchange 2013 Script to remove Resigned Users from all the DL's in organization
Hi,I am trying to write a script that will do the following tasks:1) Members of DL named "Resigned" to be removed from all the other DL's in the organization except DL "Resigned". 2) Later I need to...
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I have an AD Group called SSOPilot. I want to find out all the users in this group. If I run this command it works. Get-ADGroupMember SSOPilot -Recursive but it returns far too much...
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$users = Get-Content "c:\tools\PILOTUsers.txt"foreach ($user in $users) { Add-ADGroupMember SSOPilot $users} I run this on a .TXT file that has many users in it. It says: Add-ADGroupMember : The...
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Hello Experts, Does anyone know exactly what Copy-Item uses for file transfers?
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We are planning to reduce number of tickets to IT dept. for service & server restart requests - but, users don't have addtional access for production serverPlan is to share a common account which...
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Hello, I'm looking for a way to generate an output of the hardware firmware version of devices: NICILODisk Arraymotherboard etc....I assume using the Get-WmiObject will get me there but from there I am...
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Hello, I have a AD connect to office 365 with DirSync, perfectly synchronized(Users,Groups...).Also, inoffice365I createdgroupsdirectly from the platform (No connect with my domain) and when i try get...
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