Operating System – Page 3

Ping computer with a specific OS

This script use WMI to ping a list of computers. Only specific OS are pinged. Script (with Microsoft Active Directory module loaded : import-module activedirectory) : $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping $list = Get-ADComputer -LDAPFilter “(|(operatingsystem=Windows XP*)(operatingsystem=Windows 7*)(operatingsystem=Windows Vista*))” ForEach ($b

Get service pack level on Windows 2008 servers

This script list all servers in Active Directory running on Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 and check the service pack level (SP2 for Windows 2008 and SP1 for Windows 2008 R2) Script (with Microsoft Active Directory module loaded :

WSUS server cleanup task

The best way to schedule an automatic cleanup of expired/superseeded update is to use the following Powershell script (source : http://www.peetersonline.nl/index.php/powershell/wsus-cleanup-with-powershell/) Script : #Region VARIABLES # WSUS Connection Parameters: [String]$updateServer = “myWSUSServer.domain.local” [Boolean]$useSecureConnection = $False [Int32]$portNumber = 80 # Cleanup

Monitor the Software registry hive size + send report by email

Purpose : The purpose of this script is to send a daily report with the following informations : – hostname – software registry hive size This script has been written to get a status of our SQL server with the

Get OS information using WMI

Fill a host file (hosts.txt) with the hostnames you want to retrieve OS information Script : $Catalog = GC “C:\hosts.Txt” ForEach($Machine in $Catalog) {$QueryString = Gwmi Win32_OperatingSystem -Comp $Machine $QueryString = $QueryString.Caption Write-Host $Machine “:” $QueryString} My Powershell script categories

Get operating system name information using Active Directory

You can use one of these script to get operating system name information retrieve from the Active Directory using two different methods : .Net or the Active Directory cmdlet Get-ADObject Script (using .NET) : $strCategory = “computer” $objDomain = New-Object

Get installed software list on a specific computer

This script gets the installed software list on a specific computer using WMI Script : $strComputer = “computer_hostname” $colItems = get-wmiobject -class “Win32_Product” -namespace “root\CIMV2” ` -computername $strComputer foreach ($objItem in $colItems) { write-host “Caption: ” $objItem.Caption write-host “Description: “

Get hotfix list on remote host

This script gets the hotfix list installed on a remote system. I add a date filter to the result. Script : $strComputer = “remote_system_name” $hotfixlist = Get-HotFix -ComputerName $strComputer foreach ($hotfix in $hotfixlist) { if ($hotfix.psbase.properties[“installedOn”].Value -eq “10/28/2010”) { write-host