New-BigInteger.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates and displays a BigInteger.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script is a rewrite of an MSDN sample. 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : New-BigInteger.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10.                  .NET Framework 4    
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-bigintegerps1.html 
14.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.numerics.biginteger.aspx  
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [c:\foo]: .\Get-BigInteger.ps1 
18.     Big Integer from 179032.6541: 
19.     179,032 
20.     Big Integer from 1234934157136952: 
21.     1,234,934,157,136,952 
22. #> 
23.  
24. # Add the .NET Version 4 System.Numerics.DLL 
25. Add-Type -Path "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\System.Numerics.dll" 
26.  
27. # Create first big integer then display it nicely 
28. $BigIntFromDouble = New-Object System.Numerics.BigInteger 179032.6541 
29. "Big Integer from 179032.6541:" 
30. $BigIntFromDouble.ToString("N0") 
31.  
32. #Create second big integer then display it nicely 
33. $BigIntFromInt64 = New-object System.Numerics.BigInteger 1234934157136952 
34. "Big Integer from 1234934157136952:" 
35. $Bigintfromint64.tostring("N0") 

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Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets and displays the description of a WMI Class.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script takes a WMI Class name as a parameter. The script 
6.     then gets the class's description from the CIM repository and 
7.     displays it. Based on a PowerShell.Com tip of the day! 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com  
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1 
17.     Description for WMI Class Win32_ComputerSystem: 
18.     The Win32_ComputerSystem class represents a computer system operating in a Win32 environment. 
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     PSH [C:\foo]: . \Get-WmiClassDescription.ps1 win32_bios 
21.     Description for WMI Class win32_bios: 
22.     The Win32_BIOS class represents the attributes of the computer system's basic input/output services 
23.     (BIOS) that are installed on the computer. 
24. #> 
25.  
26. param ( 
27. [string] $WMIClassName = "Win32_ComputerSystem" 
28. ) 
29.  
30. # Get WMI class from class name 
31. $class = [wmiclass]$wmiclassname 
32.  
33. # Now get then print the class description 
34. # First use ammended qualifiers to get description 
35. $class.psbase.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = $true 
36. "Description for WMI Class {0}:"  -f $WmiClassName 
37. ($class.psbase.qualifiers["description"]).Value 

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Get-Performance.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays basic performance information for a computer 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script calls Get-Counter on a computer to obtain default  
6.     performance counters. These are obtained and displayed. The script 
7.     takes a parameter which is the host name to display. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-Performance.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-Performance.ps1 
17.     Basic Performance for system: Cookham8 
18.      Network Bytes Per Second (2 adapters) 
19.        broadcom netxtreme gigabit etherne          0.00 kbps 
20.        netgear fa311v2 pci adapter                 8.15 kbps 
21.      CPU Usage                                     1.93 % 
22.      Committed Bytes                              30.61 mb 
23.      Cache Faults                                  0.00 p/s 
24.      Percent Disk Time                            34.15 % 
25.      Disk Queue length                             0.00 
26. .EXAMPLE 
27.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-Performance cookham2 
28.     Basic Performance for system: cookham2 
29.      Network Bytes Per Second (6 adapters) 
30.        public                                     25.31 kbps 
31.        broadcom netxtreme 57xx gigabit co         26.20 kbps 
32.        internal                                    0.16 kbps 
33.        isatap.cookham.net                          0.00 kbps 
34.        teredo tunneling pseudo-interface           0.00 kbps 
35.        isatap.{0b3c0adc-3418-4842-8b4e-cf          0.00 kbps 
36.      CPU Usage                                     0.39 % 
37.      Committed Bytes                              45.80 mb 
38.      Cache Faults                                  0.00 p/s 
39.      Percent Disk Time                             0.00 % 
40.      Disk Queue length                             0.00 
41. .PARAMETER comp 
42.     The name of the computer to display. Default is localhost. 
43. #> 
44.  
45. param ( 
46. [string] $comp = "localhost" 
47. ) 
48.  
49. # Get counters 
50. $counter = Get-Counter -computername $comp 
51.  
52. #Display results 
53. "Basic Performance for system: {0}" -f $comp 
54.  
55. # Network interface
56. $c= $counter.countersamples | where {$_.path -match "network Interface"} 
57. " Network Bytes Per Second ({0} adapters)" -f $c.count 
58. foreach ($ni in $c){ 
59.   $nin = if ($ni.instancename.length -le 34)  {$ni.InstanceName} 
60.          else {$ni.instancename.substring(0,34)} 
61.  
62.  "   {0,-35} {1,12:n2} kbps" -f $nin,$($ni.cookedvalue/1kb) 
63. } 
64.  
65. # CPU Usage 
66. $c= $counter.countersamples | where {$_.path -match "processor time"} 
67. " CPU Usage           {0,30:n2} %" -f $c.cookedvalue 
68.  
69. # Memory 
70. $cb = ($counter.countersamples | where {$_.Path -match "bytes in use"}).cookedvalue 
71. $cf = ($counter.countersamples | where {$_.Path -match "cache"}).cookedvalue 
72. " Committed Bytes     {0,30:n2} mb" -f $cb 
73. " Cache Faults        {0,30:n2} p/s" -f $cf 
74.  
75. # Disk 
76. $dt =  ($counter.countersamples | where {$_.Path -match "disk time"}).cookedvalue 
77. $dql = ($counter.countersamples | where {$_.Path -match "queue"}).cookedvalue 
78. " Percent Disk Time     {0,30:p2}" -f $dt 
79. " Disk Queue Length   {0,30:n2}" -f $dql 

Get-DriveInfo.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets and displays basic information about drives on a local system.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses the System.Io.DriveInfo's GetDrives method to get drive 
6.     info which is then displayed.   This is a re-implementation of an MSDN 
7.     sample. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-DriveInfo.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/07/get-driveinfops1.html 
15.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.driveinfo.aspx  
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.    PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-Driveinfo.ps1 
19.    Drive C:\ 
20.       File type: Fixed 
21.       Volume label: 
22.       File system: NTFS 
23.       Available space to current user:           6.75 gb 
24.       Total available space:                     6.75 gb 
25.       Total size of drive:                     48.828 gb 
26.    Drive D:\ 
27.       File type: Fixed 
28.       Volume label: 
29.       File system: FAT32 
30.       Available space to current user:           1.81 gb 
31.       Total available space:                     1.81 gb 
32.       Total size of drive:                      2.003 gb 
33.       <ETC...> 
34. #> 
35.  
36. # Get Drive Info 
37. $allDrives = [system.IO.DriveInfo]::GetDrives() 
38.  
39. # Now display details 
40. foreach ($d in $allDrives)  { 
41.     "Drive {0}" -f $d.Name 
42.      "  File type: {0}" -f $d.DriveType 
43.     if ($d.IsReady)  { 
44.          "  Volume label: {0}" -f $d.VolumeLabel 
45.          "  File system: {0}"  -f $d.DriveFormat 
46.          $fs  = $d.AvailableFreeSpace/1gb 
47.          $tfs = $d.TotalFreeSpace/1gb 
48.          $TS  = $d.TotalSize/1gb 
49.          "  Available space to current user:{0, 15:n2} gb" -f $fs 
50.          "  Total available space:          {0, 15:n2} gb" -f $tfs 
51.          "  Total size of drive:            {0, 15:n3} gb" -f $ts 
52.     } 
53. } 

Set-SQLServerOption.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script sets options on a SQL Server using SMO 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first loads the SQL cmdlet and provider snapin and 
6.     displays information about the SQL Server. The script then sets 
7.     two server options and alters to database to persist the changes. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Set-SQLServerOption.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH:[C:\Foo]: .\Set-SQLServerOption.ps1 
17.     Network Name   SQL1 
18.     Instance Name   
19.     OS Version     6.1 (7600) 
20.     SQL Edition    Enterprise Edition (64-bit) 
21.     Settings State Existing 
22. #> 
23.  
24. # Load the SMO Objects 
25. $null = Add-PSSnapIn SqlServerCmdletSnapin100   -erroraction silentlycontinue 
26. $null = Add-PSSnapIn SqlServerProviderSnapin100 -erroraction silentlycontinue 
27.  
28. # Set the path context to the local, default instance of SQL Server. 
29. CD sqlserver:\sql\localhost\ 
30. $srv = get-item default 
31.  
32. # Display information about the instance of SQL Server and settings state 
33. "Network Name   {0}"  -f $srv.NetName 
34. "Instance Name  {0}"  -f $srv.InstanceName 
35. "OS Version     {0}"  -f $srv.Information.OSVersion 
36. "SQL Edition    {0}"  -f $srv.Edition 
37. "Settings State {0}"  -f $srv.Settings.State.ToString() 
38.  
39. # Modify LoginMode settings 
40. $srv.Settings.LoginMode = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SMO.ServerLoginMode]::Integrated 
41.  
42. # Modify settings specific to the current connection in UserOptions 
43. $srv.UserOptions.AbortOnArithmeticErrors = $true 
44.  
45. # Run the Alter method to make the changes on the instance of SQL Server 
46. $srv.Alter() 

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Copy-File2.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a file, then reads it and displays the output. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script implements the MSDN sample for this page. It first creates a file (assuming the file 
6.     does not already exist) and writes three lines to it. The script then opens the file, reads each 
7.     line and displays it.    
8.      
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Copy-File2.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/07/copy-file2ps1.html
16.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.aspx        
18.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.createtext.aspx
19.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.opentext.aspx
20. .EXAMPLE 
21.     PSH [C:\foo]: . 'E:\PowerShellScriptLib\System.Io.File\Copy-File2.PS1' 
22.     Hello 
23.     And 
24.     Welcome  
25. #> 
26.    
27. # Set name of file to use for this script 
28. $path = "c:\foo\MyTest.txt" 
29.    
30. # Create the file if it does not already exist 
31. if (![System.IO.File]::Exists($path))  { 
32.   $sw = [System.Io.File]::CreateText($path) 
33.   $sw.WriteLine("Hello") 
34.   $sw.WriteLine("And") 
35.   $sw.WriteLine("Welcome") 
36. } 
37.    
38. # Open the file to read from and set $s to an empty string 
39. $sr = [System.Io.File]::OpenText($path) 
40. $s = ""; 
41.  
42. # Loop through the file, line at a time and display the output 
43. while (($s = $sr.ReadLine()) -ne $null)  { 
44.   $s 
45. } 
46.   
47. # And close the reader/writer 
48. $sw.Close() 
49. $sr.Close() 

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Get-AssemblyDetails.ps1

1. # 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script demonstrates the Assembly.GetType method. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script creates an int32, then calls into .NET to find  
6.     the assembly that the int32 class comes from. The assembly 
7.     details are then output. This script is a re-work of an MSDN 
8.     code sample. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Get-AssemblyDetails.ps1 
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.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.assembly.getassembly.aspx  
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-AssemblyDetails.ps1' 
20.     CodeBase=: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll 
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Set the Type instance to the target class type. 
24. $Integer1 = New-Object System.Int32 
25. $Type1 = $Integer1.GetType(); 
26.  
27. # Instantiate an Assembly class to the assembly housing the Integer type.   
28. $SampleAssembly = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::GetAssembly($Integer1.GetType()) 
29.  
30. # Gets the location of the assembly using file: protocol. 
31. "CodeBase=: {0}" -f $SampleAssembly.CodeBase 

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Say-HelloWorld.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script uses the Speech API to say "Hello World" 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first loads the Speech API, then creates a  
6.     SpeechSynthesiser object. It uses this object's Speak method 
7.     to speak the time honoured phrase "hello world." 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Say-HelloWorld.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms586901.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Left as an exercise for the reader. 
19. #> 
20. # First load the dll 
21. [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Speech") | out-null 
22. $spk = New-Object system.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer 
23.   
24. # Now say "Hello world" 
25. $spk.Speak("Hello world") 

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Get-InstalledVoice.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays the installed Speech Synthesiser voices 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first loads the System.Speech DLL, then 
6.     creates a new SpeechSynthesizer object. It uses this 
7.     object to enumerate the installed speech voices. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-InstalledVoice.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.speech.synthesis.installedvoice%28VS.90%29.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-InstalledVoice.ps1 
19.  
20.     Gender                : Female 
21.     Age                   : Adult 
22.     Name                  : Microsoft Anna 
23.     Culture               : en-US 
24.     Id                    : MS-Anna-1033-20-DSK 
25.     Description           : Microsoft Anna - English (United States) 
26.     SupportedAudioFormats : {System.Speech.AudioFormat.SpeechAudioFormatInfo} 
27.     AdditionalInfo        : {[Age, Adult], [AudioFormats, 18], [Gender, Female], [Language, 409]...} 
28. #> 
29. # 
30. # First load the dll 
31. $r = [system.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("system.speech") 
32.  
33. # Create a speech synthesizer object and enumerate voices 
34. $spk = New-Object system.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer 
35. $spk.GetInstalledVoices() | %{$_.voiceinfo} 

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