PowerShell automations

Copy-paste scripts for the jobs that come up every week on Windows fleets: checked, commented, and honest about their sharp edges. Each one is written to run as-is from an elevated prompt, and to be saved as a command in Moorfox and run across every machine you manage.

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Check BitLocker status on every drive

One PowerShell command to report BitLocker encryption status, protection state and percentage for every fixed drive.

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Clear a stuck print queue

Fix a stuck print job by stopping the Spooler service, deleting the queued files, and starting it again.

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Get the real last boot time and uptime

Get a Windows machine's last boot time and uptime with Get-CimInstance, and why Fast Startup makes the naive answer wrong..

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Disable USB storage devices

Block USB mass storage on a Windows machine with one registry value, and turn it back on when needed.

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List local administrators on a machine

List every member of the local Administrators group with PowerShell, including the domain accounts and groups nested inside it..

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Delete old Windows user profiles safely

Free disk space on shared machines by removing user profiles unused for 90 days, with -WhatIf first, and the traps to avoid..

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List installed software (without Win32_Product)

List installed programs from the registry uninstall keys, both 64-bit and 32-bit, and why you should never query Win32_Product..

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Force a Windows time sync

Force a machine to resync its clock with w32tm, check the result, and fix the common failure where the time service is stopped..

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Disk space report for every fixed drive

A disk space report in PowerShell: size, free space and percentage for every fixed disk, with an exit code you can alert on..

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Check if a Windows machine has a pending reboot

Check the three registry locations that mean a Windows machine is waiting for a reboot: CBS, Windows Update, and pending file renames..