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Enable or Disable System Restore

Disable System Restore (VBS script)

$MaxPasswordAge = 30
$userCount = 0
$adsiSearcher = new-object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher("LDAP://rootdse")
$adsiSearcher.filter = "objectCategory=user"
$adsiSearcher.findall() |
Foreach-Object -ErrorAction "silentlycontinue" `
-Begin { "The following users need to set their  password" } `
-Process `
{
 $pwdChanged = ([adsi]$_.path).psbase.InvokeGet("PasswordLastChanged")
 If( ((get-date) - $pwdChanged).days -ge $MaxPasswordAge)
   {
    ([adsi]$_.path).name
    $userCount ++
   } #end if date
} `
-end { "A total of $userCount users" }

Enable System Restore (VBS)

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\default")

Set objItem = objWMIService.Get("SystemRestore")
errResults = objItem.Enable("")