Windows
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Windows updates via PowerShell
More Details: Windows updates via PowerShellSo with windows updates being temperamental at times i have found that windows PowerShell also has a module for updates. i have been using it for a while and seems to work every time with out failure. it is super simple. PowerShell Module https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/2d191bcd-3308-4edd-9de2-88dff796b0bc Copy the whole module folder (after unzipping) to %WINDIR%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules Setup Start…
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Local IP Address & Computer Name Auto Email
More Details: Local IP Address & Computer Name Auto EmailWorking in an office environment, sometimes I need to find out the computer name and IP Address of a computer on the local network. In the past we used to get the user to run “ipconfig” on a command prompt and email us the Address. To make it simpler for the users I have created…
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Enable and Disable Proxy Settings
More Details: Enable and Disable Proxy SettingsWhenever I am working for a company installing there new Domain i get asked for a way to script the proxy Changes. this is so that the people using laptops can take them home and not have to go in to IE and disable proxy. I have finally got round to writing a small VBS…
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Renaming Files Using Batch
More Details: Renaming Files Using Batchi often have to change the file names of music i have imported from CD this little script allows me to remove the track number from the file name.
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Find Startup Items
More Details: Find Startup ItemsA long time ago i found this VBS script to display the start-up items for a windows pc. i can not remember who is the author of the script. hopefully this will help someone. This script is a VBS script
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Find Next Available Drive Letter
More Details: Find Next Available Drive LetterSometimes when i cam creating a script to install an application or set up a network share, I come across the problem that the user is using the drive letter for another mapping. So I wrote a small script to display the next usable drive letter This script is written in vbs