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Get a service status on remote servers

With the following powershell script, you can get a service status on remote servers Script : $ErrorActionPreference = “SilentlyContinue” $strCategory = “computer” $objDomain = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $objSearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain $objSearcher.Filter = (“(objectCategory=$strCategory)”) $colProplist = “name” ,

Search an object forest wide

This script will search an object forest wide. The search is based on a LDAP filter. In my script, the result show the mail user attributes like “toto”. Script : #Get Domain List $objForest = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest() $DomainList = @($objForest.Domains |

Manage the file retention on a folder

With this script, you will be able to manage the file retention on a specific folder. The file removal is based on age (LastWriteTime file property / source ) #Powershell Script to delete files older than a certain age $intFileAge

Local Administrator Password Solution with Powershell

The “Local Administrator Password Solution” (LAPS) provides a centralized storage of secrets/passwords in Active Directory (AD) – without additional computers. Each organization’s domain administrators determine which users, such as helpdesk admins, are authorized to read the passwords. Source Boe Prox

Reset a lost local administrator password

There are different ways to reset a lost local administrator password on a Windows system. Boot disk If you have a physical access to the machine, you can use a very useful boot disk and follow these steps: At the

Active Directory Password complexity checker

If you have enabled the password complexity in your Active Directory domain through GPO, you probably have received complaints from the users : “I cannot find a password. Every time I try to enter a new password, a message indicates

Resolve the CBS.log file size problem

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files. The exe file, sfc.exe, generates a log file called %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. The Sfc.exe program writes the details of

Share passwords in a secure way

I have found a tool that will allow you to share passwords in a secure way. This tool has been written by the Pinterest team and need the following requirements: Redis Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.3+ Snappass Github description: It’s

Calculate Kerberos token size

The authentication protocol within a Microsoft infrastructure since the Windows 2000 time frame has been Kerberos. The Kerberos token leverages a predefined buffer to house authorization requests. This predefined Kerberos buffer size is set by the MaxTokenSize setting found in

Password complexity checker

If you have enabled in your domain group policy the password complexity (see below), users will probably have some troubles to find the right password that meet these requirements. The complexity requirements are explained in the “Explain” tab of the