Silent gpupdate

 

Remote silent execution 

gpupdate /force /wait:0 /quiet 

Backup / restore domain GPOs

Backup all GPOs 

Backup-Gpo -All -Path "\\Server1\GpoBackups"

Restore all GPOs
 

Restore-GPO -All -Domain "contoso.com" -Path "\\Server1\Backups"

WMI filtering by computer type

 Desktops and workstations

Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE (PCSystemType = 1) or (PCSystemType = 3) 

Old filter:

select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where ProductType="1"
Select * from Win32_Battery WHERE (BatteryStatus=0)



notebooks only

Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE (PCSystemType = 2)

Old filter: 

Select * from Win32_Battery WHERE (BatteryStatus <> 0)


0 – Unspecified
1 – Desktop
2 – Mobile
3 – Workstation
4 – Enterprise Server
5 – SOHO Server
6 – Appliance PC
7 – Performance Server
8 – Maximum

 

Test WMI filter:

Run in powershell

 gwmi -query 'Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where ProductType="1"'