Windows Misc

Local Users and Admins

Downloads powershell script that lists all local accounts in the Administrators and Users groups. Can report using $LocalUsers$, $LocalAdmins$, $LocalUsersAdmins$.

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Hosts File Changed Audit

Compares hosts file to last time script was run, or empty/clean hosts file on first run. Can report using $HostsFile$. Will email if change is detected, can set email address by editing first line of this script (default is the registered admin’s email who scheduled).

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AD Admins Changed Audit

Must be run on a domain controller. Compares Domain Admins to the last time script was run and reports result to the procedure log. Sends alert if admin is added or admin account is enabled. Can report using $ADAdmins$

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Local Admins Changed Audit

Compares Administrator accounts to the last time script was run and reports result to the procedure log. Sends alert if admin is added or admin account is enabled. Can report using $LocalAdmins$

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Windows 10 Taskbar weather and news feeds (disable)

Sets registry key to disable the "Enable news and interests on the taskbar" local group policy setting.

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Windows 10 Taskbar weather and news feeds (enable)

Removes registry key to disable the "Enable news and interests on the taskbar" local group policy setting.

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Sysprep reset SID

Executes sysprep.exe as outlined in this article: https://bartsimons.me/sysprep-generalize-windows-image-without-oobe/

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Windows Activation Status

Runs Powershell script to determine if installed Windows is activated. Will email you with any result that is not a "1" (activated). You can report on tags $WinActive$ and $OOD$ (for fails)

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Import Certificate (Cisco Umbrella)

Downloads and installs Cisco Umbrella Root Cert on local machine. See: https://docs.umbrella.com/deployment-msp/docs/install-the-cisco-umbrella-root-certificate

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Procedure Start service if stopped (by service name)

This procedure will execute a start service command on a named service. With the addition of wildcards you can make sure this script will continue to function properly even when the service in question changes between version numbers or small name updates. This can be really useful for software that is occasionally renaming services across…

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