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Powershell: Set Execution Policy to Unrestricted

by Jacki Moody | Jun 21, 2014 | PowerShell

Out of the box, Powershell execution is restricted to “RemoteSigned,” which means downloaded scripts must be signed by a trusted publisher before they can be run. In order to allow all scripts to run, you need to set the execution policy to unrestricted....

Powershell Copy Active Directory Group Membership

by Jacki Moody | May 2, 2014 | Active Directory, PowerShell

Recently I had a request to copy group membership from multiple groups into one single group. This was because the application they were using did not support group nesting, it would only support granting permissions to a single Active Directory group. I came up with...

Get Lync Online 2013 Policies Via PowerShell

by Jacki Moody | Apr 21, 2014 | PowerShell

Lync Online 2013 lets you grant policies to individual users. You cannot add your own policies, change the existing ones, or update the global policy. You can view the polices that exist and choose one of them to apply to users. As of today, there are three policies...

Run Startup Commands Automatically with a Powershell Profile

by Jacki Moody | Apr 17, 2014 | PowerShell

If you have commands you want to run every time you run Powershell, such as import-module to get commands for specific software, you can do that by creating a Powershell Profile. You can find your profile path by running the command: $profile Test to find out if the...

Get Primary Monitor Resolution with PowerShell

by Jacki Moody | Jan 16, 2014 | PowerShell

If you are changing backgrounds on existing computers, it helps to know what resolution is currently in use on the computer so you can put a background on it that looks just right. This can be very important if it is your updated company logo. You can easily extract...

PowerShell AccessDenied,PSSessionStateBroken Error When Using Alternate Credentials

by Jacki Moody | Oct 23, 2013 | PowerShell, Windows

PowerShell does not allow you to use a remote session if you have a network configured as public instead of private. If you have a public network setup and use the Get-Credential command, even when executing PowerShell on localhost, you get the following error:...

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