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SCCM Network drives inventory. List all user network mapped drives

Network Drive Inventory Report using SCCM

SCCM HW inventory agent runs as the ‘SYSTEM’ and cannot see the end-users network drives and printers. This post explains the process of creating an SCCM network drive report. The following two-step process will help circumvent the above-stated limitation. 1) CREATE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKDRIVES PATH IN THE REGISTRY. Create an SCCM package. The package should run as an administrator. The package...

Record your PowerShell session | Start-Transcript

According to Microsoft docs, the Start-Transcript cmdlet creates a record of all or part of a PowerShell session to a text file. The transcript includes all command that the user types and all output that appears on the console. As a Systems consultant who uses PowerShell all day everyday; I want to record all the...

Your first PowerShell scripts | Gaining more understanding

It is true that "A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step" I had to start a few years ago; this was my first step. I wanted to check if 'Google Drive' was installed on my machine; without using the "Add remove programs and features" window. Step 1 :Deny yourself the easy option. Do...

A PowerShell script to list all installed Microsoft Windows Updates

PowerShell Version 2 or Greater required. Why use this script? The PowerShell cmdlet 'get-hotfix' sometimes does not draw-out 'installedon' information. win32-Quickfixengineering class does not have that information either. <SIGH> What does this script offer? The above void can be filled by using the good old 'wmic qfe list' command. But, the output of the legacy command is mere...

Install Microsoft Updates using PowerShell

Install software updates PowerShell script

The attached script installs or uninstalls Microsoft Updates in the last 'N' days. I've used PSAppDeployToolkit to accomplish the task. The script uses whatever update source is made available to the machine to download and install the updates. This can be deployed using SCCM if Software Update Point is turned off or if you prefer a...