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Acrobat 2020 – App Attach Testing and Troubleshooting

Posted onJuly 12, 2021July 15, 2022

Unregister Package (unload app) Remove-AppxPackage AdobeAcrobat2020_20.1.30002.0_x64__1nrb0vh0kd882 Register Package (load app) Add-AppxPackage -Path ‘C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AdobeAcrobat2020_20.1.30002.0_x64__1nrb0vh0kd882\AppxManifest.xml’ -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register Launch App start shell:AppsFolder\AdobeAcrobat2020_1nrb0vh0kd882!ACROBAT Create Desktop Shortcut explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\AdobeAcrobat2020_1nrb0vh0kd882!ACROBAT Notes Element Not Found Check the Access Control Entry for each user; look for corrupted entries. Resets ACE (Remove Corrupted Entries) icacls “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AdobeAcrobat2020_20.1.30002.0_x64__1nrb0vh0kd882” /c Read More …

Azure – PowerShell – Add User into Local Administrators Group

Posted onJune 9, 2021November 11, 2022

On an Azure AD machine, acquiring the user’s UPN is required to add a user into the local administrators group. To obtain the UPN, you will first need the user SID. And, the caveat to all of this, is that those values must be returned in the System Account security context, meaning…the normal (Current User) Read More …

Azure – Batch – Add User into Local Administrators Group

Posted onJune 9, 2021July 15, 2022

PowerShell – Time Zone Examples

Posted onJune 7, 2021July 15, 2022

Notes Get-Date [System.TimeZoneInfo]::GetSystemTimeZones()

PowerShell – List BIOS Information

Posted onJune 6, 2021July 15, 2022

Output Notes win32_bios class Get-Wmiobject Write-Host ForEach

PowerShell – Scheduled Shutdown

Posted onJune 1, 2021July 15, 2022

Notes New-ScheduledTaskAction New-ScheduledTaskTrigger Register-ScheduledTask shutdown -f -s -t 60 -c “MESSAGE HERE”

Windows – Rename Computer

Posted onMay 26, 2021July 11, 2022

PowerShell $(gwmi win32_computersystem).Rename(“PC-NewName”) Rename-Computer -NewName PC-NewName -Restart Invoke-command -computer PC-OldName -script {rename-computer PC-NewName; restart-computer} Commands WMIC ComputerSystem where Name=”PC-NewName” call Rename Name=NewName netdom renamecomputer %computername% /newname:PC-NewName /userd:domain\adminaccount /passwordd:password /reboot:10 Notes Rename-Computer Invoke-Command Netdom.exe WMIC.exe Get-WmiObject (gwmi)

PowerShell – Create and Import Self-Signed Certificate

Posted onMay 22, 2021July 15, 2022

Notes Clear-Host Import-Module New-Object New-SelfSignedCertificate Start-Transcript X509Store Class

PowerShell – Add ISE Support for PowerShell 7

Posted onMay 22, 2021July 15, 2022

This is how you add an option to switch to PS7 (and back to PS5) to the ISE Menu. #1 Open PowerShell ISE #2 Run: $PSVersionTable Check PS Version #3 Copy/Paste/Run #4 Click Add-ons > ‘Switch to PowerShell 7’ #5 Run: $PSVersionTable Check PS Version Snapshot

Windows 10 – Freeze a Windows Build Version

Posted onMay 19, 2021July 15, 2022

This is how you lock the Windows build version—meaning this will prevent a future release from being automatically applied. Useful for gaining control over the build versions in your fleet. Enable reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate” /v TargetReleaseVersion /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f /reg:64 Set Version reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\M9icrosoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate” /v TargetReleaseVersionInfo /t REG_SZ /d 2004 /f /reg:64 Read More …