While having a WSUS, AKA Windows Update Server is great for keeping an eye on patching multiple servers, it does seem to break a lot. It seems like every time, I end up just reinstalling WSUS with Powershell. Here are Continue reading Reinstall WSUS on a Windows 2012 Server
I have a few scripts that go in and look for files that are older than 90 days and delete them. Here is an example of something to delete zip files older than 90 days in a folder in the Continue reading Delete Files Older Than 90 Days From Batch or Command Line
The WINSXS folder on Windows 2008 and Windows 7 tends to get a little out of hand. While hard drives are larger than they used to be, it doesn’t mean you want to have 30GB or so of data in Continue reading Cleaning out a Windows 7 or 2008 WINSXS Folder
Lets say you have a couple hundred servers to look over and after a “patch Tuesday” you know your WSUS server has already sent out the updates and each computer has installed it. Now you need to know who has Continue reading How to Find Windows Computers or Servers With a Reboot Pending
*Note* Patches can be found by going to the Patch Portal. http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/findPatch.portal Recently after upgrading from VMWare 4.1 to VMWare ESXi 5.5 I ran into an issue with a Windows 2008 VPN server getting the following error message. PPTP VPN Continue reading How to Patch VMWare ESXi 5.5 from Command Line
