Remove-AdminLogon.ps1

1. <#
2. .SYNOPSIS
3. This script defines a function that removes autologon
4. .DESCRIPTION
5. Autologon enables the system to logon after a reboot without
6. you needing to enter credentials. This is an ideal scenario
7. for lab or training room systems. This script defines
8. a function that removes the autologon registry keys
9. .NOTES
10. File Name : Remove-AdminLogon
11. Author : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
12. Requires : PowerShell Version 2.0
13. .LINK
14. This script posted to:
15. http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
16. .EXAMPLE
17. Psh> Remove-AdminLogon
18. Auto logon settings removed
20. #>
22. Function Remove-AdminLogon {
24. [Cmdletbinding()]
25. Param()
27. # Define registry path for autologon
28. $RegPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon'
30. # Remove autologon property
31. Remove-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name AutoAdminLogon
33. # Remove userid and password
34. Remove-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name DefaultUserName
35. Remove-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name DefaultPassword
37. # Say nice things and exit!
38. Write-Host ("Auto logon removed")
39. }
41. Remove-AdminLogon

Technorati Tags: security,admin logon

New-AutoAdminLogon.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script defines a function that sets autologon 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     Autologon enables the system to logon after a reboot without 
6.     you needing to enter credentials. This is an ideal scenario 
7.     for lab or training room systems. This script defines 
8.     a function that sets a userid/password and autologon. It does NOT 
9.     check to see if the value entries already exist. 
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Set-AutoAdminLogon 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
14. .LINK 
15.     This script posted to: 
16.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh> Set-AutoAdminLogon -user cookham\tfl -password 'JerryGarciaR0cks!' 
19.     Auto logon set for [Cookham\tfl] with password: [JerryGarciaR0cks]          
20.  
21. #> 
22.  
23. Function Set-AdminLogon { 
24.  
25. [cmdletbinding()] 
26. Param( 
27. [string] $User     = $(Throw 'No user id specified'), 
28. [string] $Password = $(Throw 'No password specified') 
29. ) 
30.  
31. # Define registry path for autologon 
32. $RegPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon' 
33.  
34. # Set autologon 
35. New-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name AutoAdminLogon -Value 1 -EA 0 
36.  
37. # Set userid and password 
38. New-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name DefaultUserName -Value $User -EA 0 
39. New-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name DefaultPassword -Value $Password -EA 0 
40.  
41. # Say nice things and exit! 
42. Write-Host ("Auto logon set for [{0}] with password: [{1}]" -f $user, $password) 
43. } 
44.  
45. Set-AdminLogon -User 'Cookham\tfl' -Password 'JerryGarciaR0cks' 

Technorati Tags: secuirty,admin logon

Convert-PptxToPDF.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This function converts a PPTx file into a PDF file 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     The Convert-PptxToPDF function first creates an  
6.     instance of PowerPoint, opens the $ifile and saves 
7.     this to $ofile as a PDF file. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Convert-PptxToPDF 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 3.0, Office 2010 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.      
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     There is nothing to see, except a set of new PDF Files in the output folder         
18.  
19. #> 
20.  
21. Function Convert-PptxToPDF { 
22.  
23. [CmdletBinding()] 
24. Param( 
25. $IFile, 
26. $OFile 
27. ) 
28.  
29. # add key assemblies 
30. Add-type -AssemblyName office -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
31. Add-Type -AssemblyName microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
32.  
33. # Open PowerPoint 
34. $ppt = new-object -com powerpoint.application 
35. $ppt.visible = [Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState]::msoFalse 
36.  
37.  
38. # Open the $Ifile presentation 
39. $pres = $ppt.Presentations.Open($ifile) 
40.  
41. # Now save it away as PDF 
42. $opt= [Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.PpSaveAsFileType]::ppSaveAsPDF 
43. $pres.SaveAs($ofile,$opt) 
44.  
45. # and Tidy-up 
46. $pres.Close() 
47. $ppt.Quit() 
48. $ppt=$null 
49.  
50. } 
51.  
52.  
53. # Test it 
54.  
55. $ipath = "E:\SkyDrive\PowerShell V3 Geek Week\" 
56.  
57. Foreach ($ifile in $(ls $ipath -Filter "*.pptx")) { 
58.   # Build name of output file 
59.   $pathname = split-path $ifile 
60.   $filename = split-path $ifile -leaf  
61.   $file     = $filename.split(".")[0] 
62.   $ofile    = $pathname + $file + ".pdf" 
63.  
64.   # Convert _this_ file to PDF 
65.    Convert-PptxToPDF -ifile $ifile -OFile $ofile 
66. } 

Technorati Tags: PowerPoint,PDF,SaveAsPDF,Office

Get-GuiMode.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets the current GUI mode of a Windows 
4.     Server 2012 system, including current display resolution. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script creates a custom object, then populates it 
7.     with the current mode (Server Core, MinShell, Full Shell) 
8.     and with the current resolution (resolution plus h/w). The 
9.     display information object is then returned. 
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Get-GuiMode.ps1 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 3.0  
14.                  Windows Server 2012 
15. .LINK 
16.     This script posted to: 
17.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh>  ./Get-GuiMode 
20.     ComputerName : S1 
21.     ServerCore   : True 
22.     FullServer   : False 
23.     MinShell     : False 
24.     Resolution   : 1024x768 
25.     Height       : 768 
26.     Width        : 1024 
27.  
28. #> 
29.  
30.  
31. Function Get-GUIMode { 
32.  
33. # Create a new object to return 
34. $guimode = new-object psobject 
35.  
36. # Add ComputerName to the object 
37. $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ComputerName -Value $(hostname) 
38.  
39.  
40. # now determine what's installed 
41. $sgs  = (Get-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell).Installed 
42. $mif  = (Get-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra).Installed 
43.  
44. If (!$sgs -and !$mif)  # True Server Core  
45.   { 
46.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ServerCore -Value $True 
47.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FullServer -Value $False 
48.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name MinShell   -Value $False 
49.   } 
50. Elseif ($sgs -and !$mif) # MinShell 
51.   { 
52.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ServerCore -Value $False 
53.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FullServer -Value $False 
54.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name MinShell   -Value $True 
55.   } 
56. Elseif ($sgs -and $mif) 
57.   { 
58.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ServerCore -Value $False 
59.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FullServer -Value $True 
60.     $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name MinShell   -Value $False 
61.   } 
62.  
63. # now resolution 
64. If ($rx=get-command Get-DisplayResolution) { 
65.   $res  = (Get-DisplayResolution)[0] 
66.   $reslen = $res.length 
67.   $r = [string]"" 
68.   for ($i = 0; $i -lt $reslen; $i++) 
69.    {  
70.      If ($res.substring($i,1) -ne "") { $r += $res.substring($i,1) } 
71.    } 
72.  
73.     
74.   $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Resolution -Value $r 
75.  
76.   $h = $r.split("x")[1]  # height 
77.   $w = $r.split("x")[0]  #  
78.    
79.   $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Height -Value $h 
80.   $guimode |Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Width  -Value $w 
81. } 
82.  
83. # Ok - squirt out what we have! 
84. $guimode 
85. } 
86.  
87. # Here Test it out 
88. Get-GUiMode 

Technorati Tags: Server 2012,Server core,PowerShell V3

Set-PowerShellAsShell

1. <# 
2. .Synopsis 
3.    Creates a function to set PowerShell as GUI in Server 2012 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.    The function in this script sets PowerShell as the  
6.    default shell in Server 2012. When the server is rebooted, 
7.    it runs PowerShell.exe by default. When PowerShell starts, it 
8.    displays the $PSVersionTable variable. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name   : Set-PowerShellAsGui.ps1 
11.     Author      : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires    : Server 2012 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com   
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     Left as an exercise to the reader 
18. #> 
19.  
20.  
21. Function Set-PowerShellAsShell { 
22.  
23. [CmdletBinding()] 
24. Param ( 
25. [switch] $Reboot = $false 
26. ) 
27.  
28. # Create Registry Path variable 
29. $RegPath =  "Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::"  
30. $RegPath += "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\" 
31. $RegPath += "Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon" 
32.  
33. # Create splatted parameter hash table 
34. $parm  =  @{Path    = $regpath}           # key 
35. $parm +=  @{Name    = 'Shell'}            # value name 
36. $parm +=  @{Value   = 'PowerShell.exe –NoExit 
               -Command "$psversiontable"'}   # value’s value 
37.  
38. # Set Registry value entry 
39. Set-ItemProperty @parm  
40.  
41. # And restart to see PowerShell 
42. if ($Reboot) {Restart-Computer -confirm} 
43. } 

Technorati Tags: Server Core,Server 2012,PowerShell,Shell,PowerShell as Server Core Shell

Show-FolderCreation.ps1

Technorati Tags: System.IO.Directory,Create,Delete

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This example shows how to create a new directory and  
4.     subdirectory, and then delete only the subdirectory. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This sample is a re-write of an MSDN Sample,  
7.     but in PowerShell. The sample firsts creates then removes 
8.     a folder then looks to see what is left. The target 
9.     folder is removed, but intermediate folders remain. 
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Show-FolderCreation.ps1 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
14. .LINK 
15.     This script posted to: 
16.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
17.     MSDN sample posted to: 
18.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/62t64db3.aspx 
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     Psh>  Show-FolderCreation.ps1 
21.     Created: C:\NewDirectory\NewSubDirectory 
22.     Deleted: C:\NewDirectory\NewSubDirectory 
23.     Top-level directory exists:  True 
24.     Sub-directory exists      :  False  
25. #> 
26.  
27. [CmdletBinding()] 
28. Param ( 
29. $Path = "C:\NewDirectory\NewSubDirectory" 
30. ) 
31.  
32. Try 
33.   { 
34. # Create then remove directory 
35.      $result = [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($Path) 
36.      "Created: $path"    
37.      [System.IO.Directory]::Delete($Path) 
38.      "Deleted: $path" 
39.  
40. # Check existance for top and sub dirs then display results 
41.      $directoryExists    = [System.Io.Directory]::Exists("C:\NewDirectory") 
42.      $subDirectoryExists = [System.Io.Directory]::Exists($Path) 
43.      "Top-level directory exists:  $directoryExists" 
44.      "Sub-directory exists      :  $subDirectoryExists" 
45.    } 
46. Catch  
47.    { 
48.        "The process failed: {0}" -f $($error[0].Message) 
49.    }    

EchoArgs.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script contains a function, EchoArgs, that returns a list of 
4.     the arguments passed and their type. It is used to demonstrate 
5.     the use of the --% operator when calling a function or cmdlet, a new 
6.     feature in PowerShell v3. 
7. .DESCRIPTION 
8.     The EchoArgs function takes the arguments passed, via $args, and
9.     displays each argument and its type. Then, this function is called
10.     first with a normal calling sequence and then using --%. 
11. .NOTES 
12.     File Name  : EchoArgs.ps1 
13.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
14.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
15. .LINK 
16.     This script posted to: 
17.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
18.     MSDN sample posted to: 
19.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library. 
20. .EXAMPLE 
21.     Psh[Cookham8:C:\foo]>E:\PowerShellScriptLib\SERVER2012FEATURES\EchoArgs.ps1 
22.     Calling Echoargs with 'fasdf $(LS) 2334 {asdf}' 
23.     Argument [0]: [fasdf] Type:System.String 
24.     Argument [1]: [System.Object[]] Type:System.Object[] 
25.     Argument [2]: [2334] Type:System.Int32 
26.     Argument [3]: [asdf] Type:System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock 
27.  
28.     Calling Echoargs with '--%  asdf; {asfd}-a asdf' 
29.     Argument [0]: [--%] Type:System.String 
30.     Argument [1]: [asdf; $(ls) {asfd} - a asdf] Type:System.String        
31. #> 
32.  
33. # EchoArgs function 
34. Function EchoArgs { 
35. #Loop through and display each argument passed 
36.   For ($i = 0; $i -ilt $Args.count; $i ++) { 
37.   "Argument [{0}]: [{1}] Type:{2}" -f $I, $args[$i],$($args[$i].GetType().FullName) 
38. } 
39. } 
40.  
41. # Test it 
42. "Calling Echoargs with 'fasdf `$(LS) 2334 {asdf}'" 
43. Echoargs  fasdf $(ls) 2334 {asdf} 
44. "";"Calling Echoargs with '--%  asdf; {asfd}-a asdf'" 
45. Echoargs  --%  asdf; $(ls) {asfd} - a asdf 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,PowerShell V3. --% operator

Disable-Gui.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script defines a function, Disable-Gui which 
4.     disables the GUI on Windows Server 2012 Server Core 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     The Disable-GUI function enables the GUI in Server 2012 
7.     Server Core by Removing two windows features. The 
8.     script add a Shell setting to ensure that when 
9.     Server 2012 restarts, it starts with PowerShell.  
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Disable-GUI.ps1 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 3.0 and Windows Server 2012. 
14. .LINK 
15.     This script posted to: 
16.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh> Disable-GUI -Verbose 
19.     Removing Windows Feature: Server-GUI-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra 
20.     Setting Shell Registry setting to PowerShell 
21.     Restarting the computer - please be patient 
22.     < after reboot, full GUI is added > 
23. #> 
24.  
25. Function Disable-GUI { 
26.  
27. # No parameters - but maybe later 
28. # Turn on CmdletBinding to enable -Verbose 
29.  
30. [Cmdletbinding()] 
31. Param() 
32.  
33. # Remove features from main Server core and downgrade GUI to Server Core 
34. Write-Verbose "Removing Windows Feature: Server-GUI-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra" 
35. Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra 
36.  
37. # Add in PowerShell as the shell 
38. Write-Verbose "Setting Shell Registry setting to PowerShell" 
39. $RegPath = "Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon"  
40. Set-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name Shell -Value 'PowerShell.exe -noExit -Command "$psversiontable"'  -Force 
41.  
42. # Now restart the system 
43. Write-Verbose "Restarting the computer - please be patient" 
44. Restart-Computer 
45. } 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell v3,Server Core,GUI,Server 2012

Enable-GUI.ps1

1. <#
2. .SYNOPSIS
3. This script defines a function, Enable-Gui which
4. enables the GUI on Windows Server 2012 Server Core
5. .DESCRIPTION
6. The Enable-GUI function enables the Gui in Server 2012
7. Server Core by adding in two windows features. The
8. script removes any Shell setting to ensure that when
9. Server 2012 restarts, it starts with the full Desktop.
10. .NOTES
11. File Name : Enable-GUI.ps1
12. Author : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
13. Requires : PowerShell Version 3.0 and Windows Server 2012.
14. .LINK
15. This script posted to:
16. http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
17. .EXAMPLE
18. Psh> Enable-GUI -Verbose
19. Installing Windows Feature: Server-GUI-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra
20. Removing Shell Registry Setting
21. Finished installation, now rebooting
22. < after reboot, full GUI is added >
23. #>
25. Function Enable-GUI {
27. # No parameters - but maybe later
28. # Turn on CmdletBinding to enable -Verbose
30. [Cmdletbinding()]
31. Param()
33. # Install the GUI
34. Write-Verbose "Installing Windows Feature: Server-GUI-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra"
35. Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Source d:\sources\sxs
37. # Remove the Setting For Shell to force back to CMD.EXE
38. Write-Verbose 'Removing Shell Registry Setting'
39. $RegPath = "Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon"
40. Remove-ItemProperty -Confirm -Path $RegPath -Name Shell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
42. # And reboot the system
43. Write-Verbose "Finished installation, now rebooting"
44. Restart-Computer
45. }

Technorati Tags: Server Core,Server 2012,PowerShell V3

Set-HyperVHostDefault.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script demonstrates setting default values for Local Hyper-V host. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script imports the Hyper-V module then uses it 
6.     to set certain default values for this hyper-V Host 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Set-HyperVHostDefault.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 3.0 and Windows 8/Server 2012 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14. .EXAMPLE 
15.    Left as an exercise for the reader 
16.     
17. #> 
18.  
19.  
20. # Import Hyper-V Module 
21. Import-Module Hyper-V 
22.  
23. Write-Verbose "$((gcm -module hyper-v).Count) cmdlets imported in Hyper-V Module" 
24.  
25. # Create $parm hash table! 
26. $parm = @{} 
27.  
28. # Specify the Computername 
29. $parm += @{ComputerName = "Win8.Cookham.Net"} 
30.  
31. # Specify the Hard Disk Path 
32. $parm += @{VirtualMachinePath = "E:\hyperv"} 
33.  
34. # Specify the VHD Disk Path 
35. $parm += @{VirtualHardDiskPath = "E:\hyperv"} 
36.  
37. # Set the VM host accordingly 
38. Write-Verbose "Setting parameters as follows:";$parm 
39. Set-VmHost @parm 
40.  
41. # And Display Details 
42.  
43. Get-VMHost 
44.  
45. # End Set-HyperVHostDefaults 

Technorati Tags: Hyper-V,PowerShell V3,Server 2012/Windows8