This post was updated on September 18th, 2020.
This post is one of 3 posts in my series on managing BIOS settings using PowerShell. I’ve also written about Dell and Lenovo. In this post I’ll be talking about using PowerShell to … View full post
HP BIOS Password Management
This post was updated on September 18th, 2020.
In my last blog post, (Lenovo BIOS Password Management), I talked about managing Lenovo BIOS passwords with PowerShell. I liked how that process worked, so I decided to create a similar process … View full post
Lenovo BIOS Password Management
This post was updated on October 18th, 2020.
This post discusses how to manage Lenovo BIOS passwords using WMI. My goal was to have a script that could change or clear existing passwords and could display a prompt to the screen when … View full post
Windows Customizations with PowerShell
The out of the box Windows 10 experience has improved over the years, but I still find most clients I work with want to make various tweaks and modifications to the default settings. In the past I would add these customizations to … View full post
Create and Print a Word Document with PowerShell
I was working with a client that had a requirement where each computer that was deployed needed to be paired with a physical document that had information about the computer. The solution I used to automate this process was to use a … View full post
Create Configuration Manager Antimalware Policies with PowerShell
As I spend time working in many different Configuration Manager environments, I find myself regularly needing to create Antimalware Policies. Most of the settings in the antimalware policies can be configured quickly, however the setting that always takes me the most time … View full post
Create Windows Firewall Rules for AppData Executables
I was recently deploying an application that required Windows Firewall rules to be created for an executable that ran from each user’s AppData folder. The way I accomplished this was to use a combination of PowerShell scripts and the Windows Task Scheduler.… View full post
Modify Local Administrators Membership
I encountered a scenario where I needed to add or remove domain users from the local administrators group on an individual computer basis. The Run Script feature in Configuration Manager worked great for this.
I used an Add script and a Remove … View full post