Tag: Server 2008
Disabling Admin UAC with Powershell
July 31st, 2009, No Comments
Well apparently some people don’t like User Account Control getting in the way of the Administrator account(s), and so they need a way to disable this annoying
behavior. Here’s a quick function I threw together today at the request of a friend, that will do just that. Please excuse the formatting…
function Set-AdminUAC([int] $value = 0) {
$computers = [...]
Checking for pending reboots with PowerShell
July 29th, 2009, 3 Comments
I found out the hard way a few days ago that our old, tried-and-true method of determining if there were pending reboots had changed with the latest Windows Server OS, Server 2008. In the old days (last year), we could check for pending reboots on Windows 2003 simply by looking at the ‘PendingFileRenameOperations’ property in [...]
Getting a list of installed Windows Components remotely with PowerShell
July 11th, 2009, No Comments
Here we go again! Last time, we covered how to get a relatively accurate list of installed programs with PowerShell. This time around, we’re going to show you how to get a list of Windows Components and their installation states with PowerShell. Let’s begin by showing you the finished product, as a function. Then, [...]
