The script library
PowerShell and automation, with the context behind the code.
Create a Tier 0 admin group, keep it where only Tier 0 can touch it, and give it full control of the Tier 0 OU. Preview the whole thing with -WhatIf first.
Keeping Active Directory tidy · Note 1 ↗Put a BIOS admin password on new Dells, or change the old one across the fleet, with both passwords handed over at runtime.
Dell BIOS passwords, without the pain · Note 1 ↗Repack ZIPs as 7z, see exactly how much space each one saved, and keep the ZIP when the 7z wouldn't be any smaller.
Archive conversion workshop · Note 3 ↗Find project folders that haven't changed in N days, zip each one to an archive location with the date of its last change, verify it, and optionally clear out the original.
File wrangling · Note 2 ↗Switch workstations to High Performance (or Ultimate Performance) by GUID, restore the plan if the image hid it, and don't end up with five copies of it.
Packaging with ConfigMgr · Note 3 ↗Integrity-test every ZIP, 7z, RAR and TAR in a folder, then optionally repack the good ones into a single format. Broken archives never get touched.
Archive conversion workshop · Note 1 ↗Clear the BIOS setup password on Dell PCs and see exactly what changed, with the password supplied at runtime instead of sitting in a package.
Dell BIOS passwords, without the pain · Note 2 ↗One uninstall script for every retired app. Give it a display name and it finds the right uninstall command, MSI or not, and runs it quietly.
Packaging with ConfigMgr · Note 2 ↗Find out which Chrome version a machine is really running, whether an update is stuck waiting on a restart, and kick Google's updater into checking now.
Spring cleaning for Windows PCs · Note 7 ↗Stop the spooler, clear out the wedged job files, and bring it back up, with -WhatIf and an option to leave recent jobs alone.
Spring cleaning for Windows PCs · Note 5 ↗Remove the internal drive password from Dell PCs with Dell's PowerShell provider, without ever writing the password into a script or package.
Dell BIOS passwords, without the pain · Note 3 ↗Write extensionAttribute1-15 on cloud-only Entra ID users from a CSV, with a clear note for every synced account it can't touch.
The Microsoft Graph toolbox · Note 2 ↗
