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How to create and manage the Central Store for Group Policy Administrative Templates in Windows server

By Laurens Gregoir Thursday 31 October 2024ITActive Directory, Microsoft, PowershellNo Comments

Download the latest ADMX version from MS → Create and manage Central Store - Windows Client Unpack it on on your domain server or preferably management server Copy only; the *.admx files from the root folder to a new folder called “filtered” the en-us (and/or any other language file you…

How to create a certificate request for Exchange 2019

By Laurens Gregoir Friday 11 October 2024ITExchange 2019, Microsoft, PowershellNo Comments

Change the script below and you'll have a signed certificate in no time for Exchange 2019. This also works for Exchange 2016, but there you can still use the GUI. # Vars $serverName = "YourServerName" $friendlyName = "FriendlyName" $exportable = "$True | $False" $subjectName = "c=COUNTRY, s=STATE, l=CITY, o=ORGANIZATION, ou=DEPARTMENT,…

Restart and clear the Windows print spooler

By Laurens Gregoir Tuesday 12 March 2024ITMicrosoft, Powershell, WindowsNo Comments

A very simple PowerShell script to stop, clear and start the print spooler on Windows systems. Run the below as local admin and it will fetch all stuck files in the printer spooler folder. Stop the spooler, clear it and then start it again. $printSpooler = Get-ChildItem "C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS"try{ Stop-Service -name…

Active Directory reset adminCount back to 0

By Laurens Gregoir Thursday 09 June 2022ITActive Directory, Microsoft, PowershellNo Comments

Introduction The PS code below will find admin accounts in your Active Directory that have an adminCount higher than 0 and reset it back to 0, always verify why the count was increased! Code get-aduser -Filter {admincount -gt 0} -Properties adminCount | Set-Aduser -UserPrincipalName $_.UserPrincipalName -Replace @{adminCount=0}