From 06adb1b55e8b91e5362c7560150ddbd8a541c8b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danny de Kooker <d.dekooker@dcomputers.nl>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 09:40:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Changed the services lookup to allow wildcards

---
 .../Win - Automatic Services and remidiation.ps1       | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Check_scripts/Win - Automatic Services and remidiation.ps1 b/Check_scripts/Win - Automatic Services and remidiation.ps1
index d51efa8..8e59379 100644
--- a/Check_scripts/Win - Automatic Services and remidiation.ps1	
+++ b/Check_scripts/Win - Automatic Services and remidiation.ps1	
@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@
     .CHANGELOG
         24-06-2022 - Initial script. 
         26-06-2022 - Added remediation to start stopped services
+        03-02-2025 - Changed the services lookup to allow wildcards
 #>
 
 #region Parameters, functions and global variables
-    $VAR_Excludes = "edgeupdate","RemoteRegistry","sppsvc","MapsBroker","gupdate","TrustedInstaller"
-    $Services = Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin $VAR_Excludes -and $_.StartType -eq "Automatic" -and $_.Status -ne "Running" }
+    $VAR_Excludes = @("edgeupdate","RemoteRegistry","sppsvc","MapsBroker","gupdate","TrustedInstaller","GoogleUpdater*")
+
+    $Services = Get-Service | Where-Object { 
+        ($_.Name -notmatch ($VAR_Excludes -join "|")) -and 
+        ($_.StartType -eq "Automatic") -and 
+        ($_.Status -ne "Running") 
+    }
 #endregion
 #region script
 if (!($Services)) {