Using-Culture.ps1

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1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a function to run culture sensitive operations
4.     in some other culture. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     The Using-Culture function gets the current culture, saves it, then
7.     runs the script block in the requested culture. The function then
8.     restores the culture.  The script then ends with calls to
9.     Using-Culture to demonstrate its use.
10.  
11.     The script is based on a blog note at: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/04/25/583235.aspx. 
12. .NOTES 
13.     File Name  : Using-Culture.ps1 
14.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
15.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
16. .LINK 
17.     This script posted to: 
18.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/02/using-cultureps1.html
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     run the script and see! 
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Defind the Using-Culture function 
24. Function Using-Culture { 
25. Param ( 
26. [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]$culture = (throw "USAGE: Using-Culture -Culture culture -Script {scriptblock}"), 
27. [ScriptBlock]$script= (throw "USAGE: Using-Culture -Culture culture -Script {scriptblock}") 
28. ) 
29.     $OldCulture = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture 
30.     trap  
31.     { 
32.         [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture 
33.     } 
34.     [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture 
35.     Invoke-Command $script 
36.     [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture 
37. } 
38. ## 
39. # Now use the function 
40. ## 
41.  
42. # Here is an example of Using-Culture 
43. "Get-Date using ar-IQ" 
44. using-culture ar-IQ {get-date} 
45. "" 
46. # Parse ar-IQ formatted date into local culture 
47. "Parse IQ date to English and display" 
48. $IQD = "30 تشرين الثاني, 2005 09:01:38 ص" 
49. using-culture ar-IQ {$global:d=[DateTIme]::Parse($IQD)} 
50. $IQD 
51. $d 
52. "" 
53. # Now do it in German 
54. "Get-Date using de-de" 
55. using-culture de-de {get-date} 
56. "" 
57. "Parsing a german date into local" 
58. $ded="Mittwoch, 30. November 2005 09:02:29" 
59. using-culture de-de {$global:d=[DateTIme]::Parse($DED)} 
60. $ded 
61. $d 

PowerShell Master Class in Stockholm – Filling Up Quickly!

In a recent blog post, I mentioned the PowerShell Master Class I am running in Stockholm on March 9-11 2010 (see Http://Www.PowerShellMasterClass.Com for more details). I’m pleased to say the class is nearly full! I am looking forward to three great days with PowerShell!

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Get-VMMemory

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays the virtual Memory assigned to Hyper-V 
4.     VMs on a given host. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script uses The Hyper-V module from Codeplex to first 
7.     get all the VMs on a given server, then display the memory  
8.     allocated to each VM. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : get-VMMemory.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13.                  and HyperV module from Codeplex 
14.                  http://pshyperv.codeplex.com 
15. .LINK 
16.     This script posted to: 
17.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     PSH [C:\Foo]: c:\foo\get-VMMemory.ps1 Foo21 
20.     On Server Foo21 there are 2 VMs as follows: 
21.     Virtual Machine                       Memory 
22.     SQL-2008-R2-CTP                          768 
23.     Server-2008-R2                           768 
24. .EXAMPLE 
25.     PSH [C:\Foo]: "Server2" | c:\foo\get-VMMemory.ps1 Foo21 
26.     On Server Server2 there are 3 VMs as follows: 
27.     Virtual Machine                       Memory 
28.     Server-2008-R2-1                         768 
29.     Server-2008-R2-2                         768 
30.     Server-2008-R2-3                         768 
31. #> 
32.  
33. # Parameter is the machine to look at 
34. param ( 
35. [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeLine=$true)]  
36. [string] $Computer = "MyServer" 
37. ) 
38. ## 
39. # Start of script 
40. ## 
41.  
42. # Import the module 
43. Import-Module HyperV 
44.  
45. # Get all the VMs on the target system 
46. $Vms = Get-Vm -Server $Computer 
47.  
48. # Now loop through the VMs and display memory allocated 
49. "On Server {0} there are {1} VMs as follows:" -f $Computer,$Vms.count 
50. "{0,-30}    {1,10}" -f "Virtual Machine", "Memory" 
51. Foreach ($Vm in $Vms) { 
52. $Mem = Get-Vmmemory $Vm
53. "{0,-30}    {1,10}" -f $Vm.Elementname,$Mem.Virtualquantity 
54. }  
55. # End of script 

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PowerShell V2 Download

This blog is mainly about PowerShell scripts. But from now on all scripts will be V2.0 and beyond. I have tested most of the scripts in the script library against V2 and will announce when that work is completed. In the meantime – if you are not running PowerShell V2 because you are on older OSs, help it is at hand.

Of course, if you are running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, then you have PowerShell installed by default. On Windows 7, both the PowerShell console and PowerShell ISE are installed by default. On Server 2008 R2, PowerShell console is installed by default, whilst the PowerShell ISE is a feature you can add using Server Manager. And of course, for any Server 2008 R2 core installations, you would need to add both the .NET Framework and PowerShell – virtually nothing extra gets added to Server Core!

For down level (aka older) versions of Windows, Microsoft has released a KB article which directs you to versions you can download. Go to the page http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929 where you can find PowerShell V2 for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 (RTM) – in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Note that in Server 2008 RTM, PowerShell is not supported in Server Core.

In addition to PowerShell V2, the downloads also include the RTM version of Windows Remote Management (WinRM). WinRM is Microsoft’s  implementation of the standards based WS-Management Protocol. WinRM is based on Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and provides a firewall-friendly protocol enabling hardware and operating systems from different vendors to interoperate.

If you are are using an older OS, i.e. Windows 2000 or earlier, then there is no supported version of PowerShell for you. You can probably hack some or even most of PowerShell V2 into those older OSs. But things may not work – and it’s not ever going to be supported.

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Get-LocaleCurrency.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays a number formatted in Currency for each locale 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first creates a value to be formatted, and creates an array 
6.     containing all the locales defined on the system. The script then uses  
7.     each locale to format the value as currency. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-LocaleCurrency.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     Left as an exercise for the reader! NB: the output will look better 
17.     is this script is run in PowerShell ISE vs PowerShell console. 
18.      
19. #> 
20. ## 
21. # Start of script 
22. ## 
23.   
24. #Create a value to be formatted 
25. [int] $Value = 100 
26.  
27. # get all hte locales defined in the system 
28. $L=[system.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures('AllCultures') | sort lcid 
29.  
30. foreach ($C in $L) { 
31.  
32. $C=New-Object System.Globalization.CultureInfo $C.Name 
33. if (!$C.IsNeutralCulture){ 
34.    "{0,-50} {1,-6}  {2}" -f $C.Displayname,$C.Name,$Value.ToString("C",$c) 
35.    } 
36. } 

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Protect-ByteArray.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script encrpyts then decrypts a byte string 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses System.Security to encrpyt a byte 
6.     string, then decrypts it. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Protect-ByteArray.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.protectedmemory.aspx 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .Protect-ByteArray.ps1' 
18.     Unencrpyted byte string: 
19.     1 
20.     2 
21.     3 
22.     4 
23.     1 
24.     2 
25.     3 
26.     4 
27.     1 
28.     2 
29.     3 
30.     4 
31.     1 
32.     2 
33.     3 
34.     6 
35.     Encrpyted byte string: 
36.     199 
37.     52 
38.     177 
39.     169 
40.     162 
41.     117 
42.     118 
43.     127 
44.     180 
45.     16 
46.     230 
47.     70 
48.     19 
49.     89 
50.     85 
51.     168 
52.     Unencrpyted byte string: 
53.     1 
54.     2 
55.     3 
56.     4 
57.     1 
58.     2 
59.     3 
60.     4 
61.     1 
62.     2 
63.     3 
64.     4 
65.     1 
66.     2 
67.     3 
68.     6 
69. #> 
70.    
71. ## 
72. # Start of script 
73. ## 
74.   
75. # Load System.Security  
76. [void] [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Security") 
77.   
78. # Create and display a byte string 
79. [byte[]] $Secret =  1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3,6 
80. "Unencrpyted byte string:" 
81. $Secret 
82.   
83. # now encrypt it and display the encrpyted string 
84. [System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedMemory]::Protect($Secret,[System.Security.Cryptography.MemoryProtectionScope]::SameLogon) 
85. "Encrpyted byte string:" 
86. $Secret 
87.   
88. # Now decrypt it and re-display it - it's the same byte array we started with 
89. [System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedMemory]::UnProtect($Secret,[System.Security.Cryptography.MemoryProtectionScope]::SameLogon) 
90. "Unencrpyted byte string:" 
91. $Secret 
92. #End of Script 

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Restart-DNS.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script restarts the DNS Service on a Remote System 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to reach out and restart the DNS 
6.     DNS service on a remote machine. in my home environment, 
7.     I find the DNS service on the home DC fails and needs  
8.     to be restarted - this script works! 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Restart-DNS.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2009/10/restart-dnsps1.html
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Restart-DNS.ps1 
18.     Restarting DNS Service on: Cookham1 
19.     DNS Service stopped 
20.     DNS Service started 
21. #> 
22. ## 
23. # Start Script 
24. ## 
25.  
26. # Set server to reset and display our intention 
27. $Server = "Cookham1" 
28. "Restarting DNS Service on: $Server" 
29.   
30. # Get DNS service 
31. $dns = gwmi win32_service -computer $Server  | where {$_.name -eq "DNS"} 
32.   
33. # Now stop it 
34. $ret = $dns.stopservice() 
35. if ($ret.returnvalue -eq 0) {"DNS Service stopped"} 
36. else {"DNS Service not stopped"} 
37.   
38. # And now restart it 
39. $ret = $dns.startservice() 
40. if ($ret.returnvalue -eq 0) {"DNS Service started"} 
41. else {"DNS Service not started"} 
42.   
43. # End of Script 

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Get-CARolesOfCaller.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays the CA roles of the caller 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script instantiates the CA COM object, gets 
6.     the allowed roles, and displays them. This script 
7.     also shows use of Bitwise And operations, typical  
8.     when using output from API calls.  Based on an earlier
9.     script by Vadims Podans.
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Get-CARolesofCaller.ps1 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 
14. .LINK 
15.     This script posted to: 
16.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2009/10/get-carolesofcallerps1.html
17.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
18.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383243%28VS.85%29.aspx 
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-CARolesOfCaller.ps1' 
21.     You have the following rights on this CA: Cookham11\Cookham-CookhamCA 
22.         CA administrator 
23.         CA officer 
24.         CA auditor 
25.         CA backup 
26.         Enrollment access 
27. #> 
28. # Instantiate the COM object 
29. $CertAdmin = New-Object -com "CertificateAuthority.Admin.1" 
30.   
31. # Now get the roles assigned to me 
32. $CA = "Cookham11\Cookham-CookhamCA" 
33. $MyRoles = $CertAdmin.GetMyRoles([string] $CA) 
34.  
35. #Display Granular Rights 
36. "You have the following rights on this CA: {0}" -f $CA 
37.  switch ($MyRoles){ 
38. {$MyRoles -band 1}     {"    CA administrator"} 
39. {$MyRoles -band 2}     {"    CA officer"} 
40. {$MyRoles -band 4}     {"    CA auditor"} 
41. {$MyRoles -band 8}     {"    CA backup"} 
42. {$MyRoles -band 256}   {"    CA Read access"} 
43. {$MyRoles -band 512}   {"    Enrollment access"} 
44. default                {"    No CA Access"} 
45. } 

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Get-DNSInfo.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script re-implements a MSDN Sample in PowerShell that 
4.    shows the use of System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script gets network information and formats DNS info. The 
7.     script is effectively a one-liner! 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-DNSInfo.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 
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.net.networkinformation.networkinterface.getallnetworkinterfaces.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     PSH [C:\foo]: . 'E:\PowerShellScriptLib\System.Net.NetworkInformation\Get-DNSInfo.ps1' 
19.  
20.     DnsSuffix   IsDnsEnabled IsDynamicDnsEnabled 
21.     ---------   ------------ ------------------- 
22.     cookham.net        False                True 
23.     cookham.net        False                True 
24.                        False                True 
25.     cookham.net        False                True 
26. #> 
27.   
28. ## 
29. # Start of script 
30. ## 
31.  
32. #Get information and print - do this as a 1-liner! 
33. [System.Net.Networkinformation.NetworkInterface]::GetAllNetworkInterfaces() | %{$_.GetIpProperties()} | FT Dnssuffix,Isdnsenabled,IsDynamicDnsEnabled -a 
34. # End of script 

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Get-OutlookFolders.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays the MAPI namespace in the current  
4.     Outlook Profile. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script creates and Outlook.application object, 
7.     then gets and displays the top level folders in the store, and 
8.     the folders one level below.      
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Get-OutlookFolders.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2009/10/get-outlookfoldersps1.html 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-OutLookFolders.PS1
18.     3 Top Level Folders: 
19.        Mailbox - Thomas Lee 
20.        Public Folders 
21.        Archive Folders 
22.  
23.     Folder 'Mailbox - Thomas Lee' contains the following subfolders: 
24.        Deleted Items 
25.        Grateful Dead 
26.        Inbox 
27.        Outbox 
28.        Sent Items 
29.        Calendar 
30.        Contacts 
31.        Drafts 
32.        Journal 
33.        Junk E-mail 
34.        Notes 
35.        Quarantine 
36.        RSS Feeds 
37.        Sync Issues 
38.        Tasks 
39.        Conversation Action Settings 
40.        Quick Step Settings 
41.        Suggested Contacts 
42.     Folder 'Public Folders' contains the following subfolders: 
43.        Favorites 
44.        All Public Folders 
45.     Folder 'Archive Folders' contains the following subfolders: 
46.        Deleted Items 
47.        Sent Items 
48.        Calendar 
49.        Journal 
50.        Tasks 
51. #> 
52.  
53. ##  
54. # Start of Script 
55. ## 
56.  
57. # First create Outlook object and get the Mapi namespace. 
58. $Outlook = New-Object -com Outlook.Application 
59. $Namespace = $outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI") 
60.  
61. # Now display top level folders 
62. "{0} Top Level Folders:      " -f $Namespace.folders.count 
63. foreach ($Fl in $namespace.Folders) { 
64.   "   {0}" -f $Fl.Name} 
65. "" 
66. # Now look inside 
67. foreach ($Folder in $Namespace.Folders) { 
68. "Folder `'{0}`' contains the following subfolders: " -f $Folder.Name 
69.   foreach ($fl in $Folder.Folders){ 
70.   "   {0}" -f $Fl.Name 
71.   } 
72. }  
73. # end of script 

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