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What command is executed when you right click on a proces and “kill process”?

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When right-clicking on a process and selecting "kill process" using the RT Console, the user asked what command is being executed. They needed to create an automated action to kill winlogon.exe, which is preventing sessions from logging out. It was suggested that they use the Powershell Cmdlets for SOLVE Actions, as found in the ControlUp documentation. Alternatively, a stop-process force or taskkill can be used as part of a logoff trigger.

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How to Collect and Transfer Non-Native ControlUp Data for PowerBI Visualization?

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A user asked if it was possible to automatically capture user data from endpoints, store it in a csv located in a central shared location, and present it using PowerBI. Both Wouter and someone else responded to confirm that this is possible, though code cannot be shared from outside a customer's environment. The best suggestion is to create a scheduled trigger or a user logon trigger to continuously capture data and aggregate it into one master csv.

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Help Needed with ‘Analyze Logon Duration’ Script: Auto-Action Issue and Incomplete Output

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A user experienced an issue with the "Analyze logon duration" script run as a triggered task, only seeing an error attachment instead of the full output they needed. Ton suggested removing the -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue part to see if this helps, and @member suggested it may be a permission issue. The automated script creates the same output, with priority given to stderr streams over stdout. Users should check the audit log and ensure the logging of events is enabled.

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Bypassing Group Policy for PowerShell Scripts

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A user was trying to run a PowerShell script in a script action, but was having issues due to an execution policy blocking the script. The user wanted to know if it was possible to bypass the group policy, to which it was suggested this would be seen as a security vulnerability by Microsoft. A workaround of setting the execution policy on the current user was suggested and seemed to work.

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Suggestion for Script to Create Log Bundles with ControlUp Infrastructure Servers

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A user suggested creating a script to generate log bundles with logs from ControlUp infrastructure servers such as SBA, COP, IOP, etc. An example of such a script was AppSense-Support.vbs and this was used to successfully retrieve the logs. The ControlUp Script Library includes a script (https://www.controlup.com/script-library-posts/deploy-log4net-for-controlup-processes/) for generating log bundles for Cloud components, although it is more complicated to do so for on-prem components due to the large size of the logs.

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