Monthly Archives: December 2017

PowerShell Script to disable windows firewall or add rules to the firewall

The below PowerShell script will disable local host windows firewall. #!powershell# Disable Firewall#########################write-host " " write-host "Disabling firewall" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile * -Enabled False If you are looking to only opening some ports, below is the script that you should consider. #!powershell# Adding Rules in the Windows Firewall#######################################write-host " " write-host [...]

2017-12-25T15:09:14-05:00December 24th, 2017|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|Comments Off on PowerShell Script to disable windows firewall or add rules to the firewall

PowerShell Script to change Windows Host timezone

The below PowerShell script will help change the Windows host time zone to Eastern Standard Time. #!powershell# Change the Timezone to EST###################################write-host " " write-host "Changing Windows Host time zone to Eastern Standard Time" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "Set-TimeZone -Name "Eastern Standard Time"

2017-12-25T15:08:34-05:00December 8th, 2017|Microsoft, Powershell Scripts|Comments Off on PowerShell Script to change Windows Host timezone

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