<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Check all Windows Services with automatic startup type.

    .DESCRIPTION 
        This script will check all services on a machine that are configured with the automatic startup type, 
        This script should be deployed as a Check Script. 
        
        The first Variable in the script are explusion service names that won't be checked. Adjust this acording tot he environment. 

    .OUTPUTS
        This script will check all services under a Windows machine with the startup type "Automatic starting".

        Errorcodes: 
        0 - All OK
        1 - Automatic Services are stopped and cannot be started automatically

    .EXAMPLE
        Win - Automatic Services and remidiation.ps1

    .NOTES
        Author: D.de Kooker <info@dcomputers.nl>
        Source: n/a

    .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","GoogleUpdater*")

    $Services = Get-Service | Where-Object { 
        ($_.Name -notmatch ($VAR_Excludes -join "|")) -and 
        ($_.StartType -eq "Automatic") -and 
        ($_.Status -ne "Running") 
    }
#endregion
#region script
if (!($Services)) {
    Write-Output "No Stopped automatic services found"
    exit 0
}
Else {
    Write-Output "Some automatic services are stopped"
    $Services
    Write-Output "Trying to start stopped services"
    foreach ($Service in $Services) {
        Write-Output "Starting service $($Service.Name)..."
        Start-Service -Name $Service.Name -ErrorAction Continue
    }
    $Services = Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin $VAR_Excludes -and $_.StartType -eq "Automatic" -and $_.Status -ne "Running" }
    if (!($Services)) {
        Write-Output "No more stopped automatic services found"
        exit 0
    }
    exit 1
}
#endregion