If you don’t have a software deployment tool, such as PDQ Deployment, uninstalling a program remotely on a computer could be painful. With PowerShell, it could make the process a lot easier. Uninstalling a program via WMI First, let’s see how to view the installed program. Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Product -ComputerName $computername To specify which program, you can pipe the result […]
In SharePoint Online, deleted sites will be permanently deleted automatically after a certain period of time so normally you don’t really need to worry about it. If you need to get rid of them now so you can reuse the URL right away, you can permanently delete them right from Deleted Sites on the SharePoint Online Admin portal. But what […]
To start using SharePoint Online Management shell, you just need to install the module or import it if you already had it installed, and then start enjoying it. Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell It works perfectly in PowerShell 5 but failed miserably in PowerShell 7. It throws an error when trying to connect to SharePoint Online. The workaround is to use import […]
When I need to turn on BitLocker on either a system drive or an external USB drive, I usually just right-click the drive, choose Turn on BitLocker, and then follow the wizard. It works pretty well and does what I need. What I didn’t know is that there are a lot more options you can choose from when you do […]
If you are in an AD environment, checking out the logon activities on certain users can be done through the Security log on the domain controller. However, reading through these log entries can be time-consuming. The workaround is to retrieve the logon activities right from the desktop computer if you know which computer to look to. It’s actually way easier. […]
There might be a lot of tools out there that you can use to monitor a specific folder for any changes. But if it can be done in PowerShell, it could make things easier and more flexible. You can do all sorts of things when a change is being made to the folder, such as send an email notification or […]
For Windows computers, every shutdown or restart is logged in the Event Viewer so you know what exactly happened, whether it’s a system triggered reboot, or by a user specifically, or a restart because of a system or application crash. So, if you want to dig into this information, all you need is to open Event Viewer, head into System […]
After getting too many spam emails sent to the distribution group, it’s time to tighten things a bit and restrict these groups from getting emails from outside parties. For regular Microsoft 365 groups, you can simply go to the Exchange Dashboard, open the group, switch to the Settings tab, and uncheck the option “Allow external senders to email this group“. […]