How to retrieve your Dell Service Tag from DOS

Retrieve Dell Service Tag from DOS If you ever needed to retrieve Dell Service Tag from DOS, this works remotely or if you are unable to read the tag on the case below is the syntax to retrieve the Dell service tag by querying Windows WMI service via the DOS command line using the WMIC […]

KB2920189 won’t install on 2012 R2 VM

KB2920189 won’t install on 2012 R2 VM I had several Windows Server 2012 R2 VM’s keep getting errors every time it tried to install KB2920189 which after further research found out that it was due to secure boot being enabled on the VM’s. Luchily this fix is only a few reboots away when KB2920189 won’t […]

Powershell scripts won’t run or import because running scripts is disabled on this system.

Powershell scripts won’t run or import because running scripts is disabled In the event that you are unable to run power shell script’s, it’s quite a simple fix actually. The error Powershell scripts won’t run or import because running scripts is disabled is because the execution policy within PowerShell is preventing it from running. From  and then […]

Get list of software installed from a remote computer WMI and PowerShell

Get list of software installed from a remote computer WMI and PowerShell Ever wanted to Get list of software installed from a remote computer via WMI and PowerShell  Open PowerShell and run the following command: Get-WmiObject -Class “Win32_Product” -ComputerName RemoteHost -Credential localhost\LocalUser | Export-CSV (Join-Path $home “SoftwareList.csv”) Now to understand how this all ties together. Get-WmiObject  -Class […]