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Comment on Powercfg.exe utility by GPO

GPO — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:53:03 +0000

Take a look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915160, you just use gpo to set registry permisions to allow users to configure their power scheme settings. You prevent users from making changes by removing the Power config control panel applet.

Comment on PowerShell: How to retrieve disk size & free disk space for a list of computers (input file) by Victor

Victor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:17:39 +0000

Hi I have this error…………where I am wrong?

PS C:\Documents and Settings\MSIP35> Get-WMIObject Win32_LogicalDisk -filter “DriveType=3″ -computer (Get-Content c:\scripts\computers.txt) | Select SystemName,DeviceID,VolumeName,@{Name=”size(GB)”;Expression={”{0:N1}” -f($_.size/1gb)}},@{Name=”freespace(GB)”;Expression={”{0:N1}” -f($_.freespace/1gb)}} | Out-GridView
Unexpected token ‘:N1′ in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:177

Unexpected token ‘:N1′ in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:239

Encountered end of line while processing a string token.
At line:1 char:282

Comment on Powercfg.exe utility by Rob Kendrick

Rob Kendrick — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:56:15 +0000

When applying in a domain environment, use the PSExec utility with the @file parameter. The file should contain a list of the computers you wish to perform this on. I would suggest using a Level 2 account rather than a Domain Admin account, just in a case a machine has been previously compromised. Remember, when you send your credentials to a compromised machine, you’re compromising everything you have access to on your network.

You can obtain the free PSTools from Microsoft’s website at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx

If you’re a Network or Systems Administrator and you don’t yet use these, I highly recommend you do so. They will save you a lot of time (and potential WMI scripting).

Enjoy!
Rob Kendrick
Finstone IT

Comment on Powercfg.exe utility by Samuel L.

Samuel L. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:07:48 +0000

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Comment on PowerShell: How to retrieve disk size & free disk space for a list of computers (input file) by Ray

Ray — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:33:20 +0000

Figured it out. The script didn’t copy over properly.

Comment on PowerShell: How to retrieve disk size & free disk space for a list of computers (input file) by Ray

Ray — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:22:38 +0000

Get-WMIObject Win32_LogicalDisk -filter “DriveType=3″ -computer (Get-Content c:\computers.txt) | It’s not working for me… what am I doing wrong. I have version 2.

Select SystemName,DeviceID,VolumeName,@{Name=”size(GB)”;Expression={”{0:N1}” -f($_.size/1gb)}},@{Name=”freespace(GB)”;Expression={”{0:N1}” -f($_.freespace/1gb)}} | Out-GridView
Unexpected token ‘:N1′ in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:169

Unexpected token ‘:N1′ in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:231

Encountered end of line while processing a string token.
At line:1 char:274

Comment on MSDTC service fails after transfer PDC role by bartvdw

bartvdw — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:55:24 +0000

Feel free to link to this site as you please! Also any comments/suggestions are always welcome.

-Bart

Comment on PowerShell: How to retrieve disk size & free disk space for a list of computers (input file) by abdul

abdul — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:09:31 +0000

thanks for the script…works great…how do i get this to output to a file and send an email to myself?

I tried to pipeline to csv or txt…but it failed. shouldnt it just be this:

Get-WMIObject Win32_LogicalDisk -filter “DriveType=3″ -computer (Get-Content c:\scripts\computers.txt) | Select SystemName,DeviceID,VolumeName,@{Name=”size(GB)”;Expression={“{0:N1}” -f($_.size/1gb)}},@{Name=”freespace(GB)”;Expression={“{0:N1}” -f($_.freespace/1gb)}} | Export-CSV drivesizes.csv

$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
$att = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment($filename)
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

$msg.From = “admin”
$msg.To.Add(”admin”)
$msg.Subject = “drive size”
$msg.Body = “The drive size file is attached”
$msg.Attachments.Add($att)

$smtp.Send($msg

Am I missing something? any help will be appreciated…thanks.

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Comment on About by Michael Tim

Michael Tim — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:05:13 +0000

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