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Forgotten Command: systeminfo | Techish.net
From: Forgotten Command: systeminfo | Techish.net.
Time after time, I am asked something about a computer – How much memory does it have? What Windows updates are installed? What type of network connectivity does it have… And time after time, I send a response telling whoever is asking me to use a simple (but widely forgotten) command:
systeminfo
What does systeminfo command give you?
Description:
This tool displays operating system configuration information for
a local or remote machine, including service pack levels.
It’s a very handy tool for some quick information on a computer!
COMMAND Prompt:> systeminfo /? SYSTEMINFO [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]] [/FO format] [/NH] Description: This tool displays operating system configuration information for a local or remote machine, including service pack levels. Parameter List: /S system Specifies the remote system to connect to. /U [domain\]user Specifies the user context under which the command should execute. /P [password] Specifies the password for the given user context. Prompts for input if omitted. /FO format Specifies the format in which the output is to be displayed. Valid values: "TABLE", "LIST", "CSV". /NH Specifies that the "Column Header" should not be displayed in the output. Valid only for "TABLE" and "CSV" formats. /? Displays this help message. Examples: SYSTEMINFO SYSTEMINFO /? SYSTEMINFO /S system SYSTEMINFO /S system /U user SYSTEMINFO /S system /U domain\user /P password /FO TABLE SYSTEMINFO /S system /FO LIST SYSTEMINFO /S system /FO CSV /NH
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PowerShell script to change administrator password on a list of machines – Ying LiMVP at myITforum.com
PowerShell script to change administrator password on a list of machines
Here is a PowerShell script to change local administrator (or any account interested) password on a list of remote machines. I am using my friend Don Hite’s VB Script as a starting point. So as always my hat off to Don!
$erroractionpreference = “SilentlyContinue”
$a = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application
$a.visible = $True
$b = $a.Workbooks.Add()
$c = $b.Worksheets.Item(1)
$c.Cells.Item(1,1) = “Machine Name”
$c.Cells.Item(1,2) = “Password Changed”
$c.Cells.Item(1,3) = “Report Time Stamp”
$d = $c.UsedRange
$d.Interior.ColorIndex = 19
$d.Font.ColorIndex = 11
$d.Font.Bold = $True
$intRow = 2
foreach ($strComputer in get-content C:\MachineList.Txt)
{
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,1) = $strComputer.ToUpper()
# Using .NET method to ping test the servers – This is very cool!
$ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
$Reply = $ping.send($strComputer)
if($Reply.status -eq “success”)
{
# This is the Key Part
$admin=[adsi](“WinNT://” + $strComputer + “/administrator, user”)
$admin.psbase.invoke(“SetPassword”, “Whatever1”)
#$admin.psbase.CommitChanges() – I am surprised that I don’t have to do this!
# If this is for AD account, we could use PasswordLastchanged attribute. But WinNT provider does not #support the PasswordLastChanged attribute!
# I was trying to use passwordage attribute value but somehow I found it give you the value for last time, #may be because there is a delay for this attribute to propagate. So I made an “executive” decision to test #if passwordage is $null – so this may not be 100% accurate.
$pwage = $admin.passwordage
If($pwage -ne “0”)
{
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,2).Interior.ColorIndex = 4
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,2) = “Yes”
}
Else
{
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,2).Interior.ColorIndex = 3
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,2) = “No”
}
}
Else
{
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,2).Interior.ColorIndex = 3
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,2) = “Not Pingable”
}
$c.Cells.Item($intRow,3) = Get-Date
$Reply = “”
$pwage = “”
$intRow = $intRow + 1
}
$d.EntireColumn.AutoFit()
cls
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