# Description: # This script will disable certain scheduled tasks. Work in progress! $tasks = @( # Windows base scheduled tasks "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319" "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 64" "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 64 Critical" "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 Critical" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Active Directory Rights Management Services Client\AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management (Automated)" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Active Directory Rights Management Services Client\AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management (Manual)" #"\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\EDP Policy Manager" #"\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\PolicyConverter" "\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\SmartScreenSpecific" #"\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\VerifiedPublisherCertStoreCheck" "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser" "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\ProgramDataUpdater" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\StartupAppTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\ApplicationData\CleanupTemporaryState" #"\Microsoft\Windows\ApplicationData\DsSvcCleanup" #"\Microsoft\Windows\AppxDeploymentClient\Pre-staged app cleanup" "\Microsoft\Windows\Autochk\Proxy" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Bluetooth\UninstallDeviceTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\AikCertEnrollTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\KeyPreGenTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\SystemTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask-Roam" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Chkdsk\ProactiveScan" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Clip\License Validation" "\Microsoft\Windows\CloudExperienceHost\CreateObjectTask" "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Consolidator" "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\KernelCeipTask" "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\UsbCeip" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Data Integrity Scan\Data Integrity Scan" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Data Integrity Scan\Data Integrity Scan for Crash Recovery" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Diagnosis\Scheduled" #"\Microsoft\Windows\DiskCleanup\SilentCleanup" "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector" #"\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver" #"\Microsoft\Windows\DiskFootprint\Diagnostics" "\Microsoft\Windows\Feedback\Siuf\DmClient" #"\Microsoft\Windows\File Classification Infrastructure\Property Definition Sync" #"\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\File History (maintenance mode)" #"\Microsoft\Windows\LanguageComponentsInstaller\Installation" #"\Microsoft\Windows\LanguageComponentsInstaller\Uninstallation" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Location\Notifications" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Location\WindowsActionDialog" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\WinSAT" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Maps\MapsToastTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Maps\MapsUpdateTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\ProcessMemoryDiagnosticEvents" #"\Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\RunFullMemoryDiagnostic" "\Microsoft\Windows\Mobile Broadband Accounts\MNO Metadata Parser" #"\Microsoft\Windows\MUI\LPRemove" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Multimedia\SystemSoundsService" #"\Microsoft\Windows\NetCfg\BindingWorkItemQueueHandler" #"\Microsoft\Windows\NetTrace\GatherNetworkInfo" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Offline Files\Background Synchronization" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Offline Files\Logon Synchronization" #"\Microsoft\Windows\PI\Secure-Boot-Update" #"\Microsoft\Windows\PI\Sqm-Tasks" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Device Install Group Policy" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Device Install Reboot Required" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Plug and Play Cleanup" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Sysprep Generalize Drivers" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics\AnalyzeSystem" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Ras\MobilityManager" #"\Microsoft\Windows\RecoveryEnvironment\VerifyWinRE" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup" #"\Microsoft\Windows\RemoteAssistance\RemoteAssistanceTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\RemovalTools\MRT_HB" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Servicing\StartComponentCleanup" #"\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync\NetworkStateChangeTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\CreateObjectTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyMonitor" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyRefresh" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\IndexerAutomaticMaintenance" #"\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTaskLogon" #"\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTaskNetwork" #"\Microsoft\Windows\SpacePort\SpaceAgentTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\HybridDriveCachePrepopulate" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\HybridDriveCacheRebalance" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\ResPriStaticDbSync" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\WsSwapAssessmentTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\SystemRestore\SR" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Task Manager\Interactive" #"\Microsoft\Windows\TextServicesFramework\MsCtfMonitor" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\ForceSynchronizeTime" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\SynchronizeTime" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Time Zone\SynchronizeTimeZone" #"\Microsoft\Windows\TPM\Tpm-HASCertRetr" #"\Microsoft\Windows\TPM\Tpm-Maintenance" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Maintenance Install" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Policy Install" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Reboot" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Resume On Boot" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Schedule Scan" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\USO_UxBroker_Display" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\USO_UxBroker_ReadyToReboot" #"\Microsoft\Windows\UPnP\UPnPHostConfig" #"\Microsoft\Windows\User Profile Service\HiveUploadTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WCM\WiFiTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\ResolutionHost" "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cache Maintenance" "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cleanup" "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Scheduled Scan" "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Verification" "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\QueueReporting" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Filtering Platform\BfeOnServiceStartTypeChange" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Media Sharing\UpdateLibrary" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsColorSystem\Calibration Loader" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Automatic App Update" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Scheduled Start" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\sih" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\sihboot" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Wininet\CacheTask" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WOF\WIM-Hash-Management" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WOF\WIM-Hash-Validation" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Work Folders\Work Folders Logon Synchronization" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Work Folders\Work Folders Maintenance Work" #"\Microsoft\Windows\Workplace Join\Automatic-Device-Join" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WS\License Validation" #"\Microsoft\Windows\WS\WSTask" # Scheduled tasks which cannot be disabled #"\Microsoft\Windows\Device Setup\Metadata Refresh" #"\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync\BackgroundUploadTask" ) foreach ($task in $tasks) { $parts = $task.split('\') $name = $parts[-1] $path = $parts[0..($parts.length-2)] -join '\' Disable-ScheduledTask -TaskName "$name" -TaskPath "$path" }