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Compare environment variable scopes
Show variable names at Process, User, and Machine scope without exposing values.
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25 practical automations
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Practical Windows reports and administration helpers. Each guide includes full code, usage instructions, and ideas for making it your own.
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Expand local group membership
Show account names and principal types in one named local group.
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Find available event logs
List accessible event channels, counts, size limits, and enabled state.
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Find devices needing attention
Report present Plug and Play devices whose status is not OK.
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Find missing and duplicate PATH entries
Inspect one PATH scope for nonexistent directories and repeated entries.
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Inspect BIOS metadata
Report firmware vendor, release date, SMBIOS version, and serial number.
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Inspect the local DNS cache
Filter cached DNS records and remaining lifetimes without flushing the cache.
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Inspect time-zone adjustment rules
Show the active time zone, UTC offset, and daylight-saving rule ranges.
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Inspect Windows Firewall profiles
Report enabled state, default traffic actions, and logging for each firewall profile.
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Inventory local volumes
List volume labels, filesystems, health, total capacity, and free GiB.
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Inventory memory modules
List occupied slots, capacity, speed, manufacturer, and part number.
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Inventory network adapters
List physical and virtual interfaces with speed, state, and MAC address.
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Inventory optional Windows features
List enabled and disabled optional features without changing state.
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Inventory printers and ports
List printer queues, drivers, ports, and sharing state.
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Inventory service startup modes
List service state, startup mode, and service account together.
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List installed desktop applications
Combine current-user, 32-bit, and 64-bit uninstall registries into one inventory.
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List local SMB shares
Inspect share names, paths, encryption, and administrative-share flags.
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List power plans
Read configured power schemes and identify the active scheme.
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List scheduled task actions
Inspect task state, actions, last run, next run, and last result.
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Locate Windows special folders
Resolve current-account known folders without guessing profile paths.
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Read local Windows Update history
List recent update-installation history and numeric outcomes.
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Review local account status
List local accounts with enabled state, last logon, and password dates.
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Review logon startup commands
Inspect registered startup entries, owners, launch commands, and locations.
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Summarize computer hardware
Report manufacturer, model, processors, memory, and hypervisor presence.
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Summarize interface IP configuration
Collect IPv4, IPv6, gateways, and DNS servers by local interface.
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