Windows Workstation

Enable Security Center UAC Notifications

Script adds registry key to enable notifications in Windows Security Center that UAC is disabled. Script then writes to Agent Procedure Log if successful.

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Start WUAUSERV Windows Update service

This script will start the WUAUSERV service.  You can use this script before doing patch updates to make sure the service is started.   This script will start the service, and also set it as Automatic This script is provided “AS-IS”.   Please make sure that you test this script in a controlled environment before deploying…

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CryptoLocker – Software Restriction Event Set

Event set to monitor the Application log for 866 Warnings when application fails to run because of preventative measures put in place because of CryptoLocker.      Assign this event set to Application Log, Warnings to monitor which software is failing to run. (c) Copyright 2013 Network Depot, LLC (dba Virtual Administrator) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.…

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IE 11 Block Deployment

Script adds registry key to Windows 7 and 8 machines to block the deployment of IE 11. Errors out on all other OSes

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IE 11 Enable Deployment

Script adds registry key to Windows 7 and 8 machines to allow the deployment of IE 11. Errors out on all other OSes

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IE 11 Block Deployment & Disable AutoUpgrade

Script adds registry keys to Windows 7 and 8 machines to block the deployment of IE 11 also adds registry key to disable auto upgrade of IE 11. Errors out on all other OSes

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Verify Service is Running

Script will prompt for service to check to see if it is running.   It will query the service and will write the results to the script log.   You can run a report of the results by using the $ISRunning$ tag.

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Outlook Temp Folder Cleaner

Script Desc: ** REQUIRES USER TO BE LOGGED IN ** Script downloads OutlookTempCleaner from http://www.howto-outlook.com/products/outlooktempcleaner.htm, and installs an MSI. It then runs the software with the “-emptyfolder” switch to clean up all the Outlook Temp files.

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