Get-WMINameSpace.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays all the WMI namespaces within a Windows system 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses Get-WMIObject to retrieve the names of all the namespaces 
6.     within a system. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Get-WMINameSpace.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to:
13.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/10/get-wminamespaceps1.html
14. .EXAMPLE 
15.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-WMINameSpace.ps1 
16.     37 Namespaces on: Cookham8 
17.  
18.     Namespace 
19.     --------- 
20.     ROOT 
21.     ROOT\aspnet 
22.     ROOT\CIMV2 
23.     ROOT\CIMV2\Security 
24.     ROOT\CIMV2\Security\MicrosoftTpm 
25.     ... {Remainder of list snipped to save space on this page} 
26. #> 
27.  
28. # Set computer name
29. $comp = "." 
31. # Get the name spaces on the local computer, and the local computer name 
32. $Namespace = get-wmiobject __namespace -namespace 'root' -list -recurse -computer $comp  
33. $hostname = hostname 
34.  
35. # Display number of and names of the namespaces 
36. "{0} Namespaces on: {1}" -f $namespace.count, $hostname 
37. $NameSpace| sort __namespace  | Format-Table @{Expression = "__Namespace"; Label = "Namespace"} 

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Get-LoopBack.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script checks whether a parameter is a Loopback Address  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script checks to see if the passsed string is an IPV4
6.     or an IPv6 loopback address and if so, displays details.
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Get-LoopBack.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com  
14.     MSDN sample posted to: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.ipaddress.isloopback.aspx  
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-LoopBack.ps1 
18.     Your input address: \127.0.0.1\ is an IPv4 loopback address whose internal format is: 127.0.0.1. 
19. .EXAMPLE 
20.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-LoopBack.ps1 ::1 
21.     Your input address: \::1\ is an IPv6 loopback address whose internal format is: ::1. 
22. .EXAMPLE 
23.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-LoopBack.ps1 131.107.2.200 
24.     Your input address: \131.107.2.200\ is not a loopback address. 
25. .PARAM 
26.     $IPAddress - Address to look up to see if it's Loopback 
27. #> 
28. param ( 
29. [String] $IpAddress = "127.0.0.1" 
30. )  
31. # Setup Default answer! 
32. $loopBack=" is not a loopback address."; 
33.  
34. # Perform syntax check by parsing the address string entered by the user. 
35. $Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IpAddress); 
36.  
37. # Perform semantic check by verifying that the address is a valid IPv4  
38. # or IPv6 loopback address.  
39. if([System.Net.IPAddress]::IsLoopback($Address) -and ($address.AddressFamily -eq [System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily]::InterNetworkV6) ) { 
40.         $loopBack =  " is an IPv6 loopback address " + 
41.                     "whose internal format is: " + $Address.ToString() + "."; 
42. }            

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Get-HostByName.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets and displays basic DNS Information about a host. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script just gets and displays host details returnd by GetHostByName. 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : Get-ByName.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
13.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.dns.aspx 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-HostByName.ps1 
17.  
18.     HostName    : contoso.com 
19.     Aliases     : {www.contoso.com} 
20.     AddressList : {207.46.197.32, 207.46.232.182} 
21. #> 
22. $hostInfo = [system.net.Dns]::GetHostByName("www.contoso.com"); 
23. $hostinfo | fl * -force 

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Remove-FtpFile.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script deletes a file from an FTP Server 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script is a rewrite of an MSDN Sample 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : Remove-FtpFile.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
13.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.ftpwebrequest.aspx 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Remove-FtpFile.ps1 
17.     Delete status: 250 DELE command successful. 
18. #> 
19. $ServerUri = New-Object System.Uri "ftp://www.reskit.net/powershell/foo.txt" 
20. # The serverUri parameter should use the ftp:// scheme. 
21. # It contains the name of the server file that is to be deleted. 
22. # Example: ftp://contoso.com/someFile.txt. 
23.  
24. if ($ServerUri.Scheme -ne [system.Uri]::UriSchemeFtp) { 
25.         " Bad URI"; return 
26. } 
27.  
28. # Get the object used to communicate with the server. 
29. $request = [system.Net.FtpWebRequest]::Create($serverUri) 
30. $request.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+ftp]::Deletefile 
31. $Request.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential "anonymous","tfl@psp.co.uk" 
32.  
33. $response = $request.GetResponse() 
34. "Delete status: {0}" -f $response.StatusDescription 
35. $response.Close(); 

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Copy-FileToFtp.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script Uploads a text file to an FTP Server using PowerShell.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script first creates an FTP 'web' request to upload a file. Then the  
6.     source file is read from disk and written up to the FTP Server. A response 
7.     is then displayed. This is a rewrite of an MSDN Sample. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Copy-FileToFtp.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/2010/10/copy-filetoftpps1.html
15.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229715.aspx
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     PSH [C:\foo]: .Copy-FileToFtp.ps1 
19.     Upload File Complete, status 226
20.     226 Transfer complete. 
21. #> 
22.   
23. # Get the object used to communicate with the server. 
24. $Request = [System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::Create("ftp://www.reskit.net/powershell/Greetings.Txt") 
25. $Request.Method = $Request.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+ftp]::UploadFile 
26.  
27. # This example assumes the FTP site uses anonymous logon. 
28. $Request.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential "anonymous","tfl@psp.co.uk" 
29.  
30. # Copy the contents of the file to the request stream. 
31. $FileContents = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("C:\foo\scriptlib.zip") 
32. $Request.ContentLength = $fileContents.Length
33. $RequestStream = $request.GetRequestStream() 
34. $RequestStream.Write($FileContents, 0, $FileContents.Length) 
35. $RequestStream.Close()
36. $Response = $Request.GetResponse() 
37. "Upload File Complete, status {0}" -f $Response.StatusDescription 
38. $Response.Close()

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Show-HtmlCoding.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script encodes and decodes an HTML String 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script used  
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : Show-HtmlCoding.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
13.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee388364.aspx 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Show-HtmlCoding.ps1 
17.     Original String: <this is a string123> & so is this one?? 
18.     Encoded String : &lt;this is a string123&gt; &amp; so is this one?? 
19.     Decoded String : <this is a string123> & so is this one?? 
20.     Original string = Decoded string?: True    
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Create string to encode/decode 
24. $Str = "<this is a string123> & so is this one??" 
25.  
26. # Encode String 
27. $Encstr = [System.Net.WebUtility]::HtmlEncode($str) 
28.  
29. # Decode String 
30. $Decstr = [System.Net.WebUtility]::HtmlDecode($EncStr) 
31.  
32. # Display strings 
33. "Original String: {0}" -f $Str 
34. "Encoded String : {0}" -f $Encstr 
35. "Decoded String : {0}" -f $Decstr 
36. $eq = ($str -eq $Decstr) 
37. "Original string = Decoded string?: {0}" -f $eq  

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Get-FTPDirectory.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script used FTP to get and display the root of an FTP site. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script re-implements an MSDN sample. 
6. .NOTESW 
7.     File Name  : Get-FtpDirectory.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         htthttp://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/09/get-ftpdirectoryps1.html 
13.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229716.aspx  
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-FtpDirectory.ps1 
17.     drwxrwxrwx   1 user     group           0 Dec  4  2005 pcpro 
18.     drwxrwxrwx   1 user     group           0 Sep 23 15:18 PowerShell 
19.     ... {Listing truncated} 
20.     Download Complete, status: 
21.     226-Maximum disk quota limited to 100000 Kbytes 
22.         Used disk quota 78232 Kbytes, available 21767 Kbytes 
23.     226 Transfer complete. 
24. #> 
25. # Get the object used to communicate with the server. 
26. $Request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create("ftp://www.reskit.net") 
27. $Request.Method =  [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::ListDirectoryDetails 
28.  
29. # This example assumes the FTP site uses anonymous logon. 
30. # Username/password not real 
31. $Request.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential "Anonymous",tfl@psp.co.uk 
32.  
33. $Response = $Request.GetResponse() 
34. $ResponseStream = $Response.GetResponseStream() 
35.  
36. # Read and display the text in the file 
37. $Reader = new-object System.Io.StreamReader $Responsestream 
38. [System.Console]::Writeline($Reader.ReadToEnd()) 
39.  
40. # Display Status 
41. "Download Complete, status:" 
42. $response.StatusDescription  
43.  
44. # Close Reader and Response objects 
45. $Reader.Close() 
46. $Response.Close() 

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Get-FtpFile.ps1

1. # 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script used FTP to get and display a text file. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script re-implements an MSDN Sample 
6. .NOTESW 
7.     File Name  : Get-FtpFile.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/09/get-ftpfileps1.html 
13.     MSDN sample posted to: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229711.aspx 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-FtpFile.ps1' 
17.     This is Hello.Txt from www.reskit.net 
18.     Have a great day! 
19.   
20.     Download Complete, status: 
21.     226-Maximum disk quota limited to 100000 Kbytes 
22.         Used disk quota 78232 Kbytes, available 21767 Kbytes 
23.     226 Transfer complete.     
24. #> 
25.  
26. # Get the object used to communicate with the server. 
27. $Request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create("ftp://www.reskit.net/hello.txt"); 
28. $Method =  [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DownloadFile 
29.  
30. # This example assumes the FTP site uses anonymous logon. 
31. # Username/password not real 
32. $Request.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential "Anonymous","tfl@psp.co.uk"
33. $ResponseStream = $Response.GetResponseStream() 
34.  
35. # Read and display the text in the file 
36. $Reader = new-object System.Io.StreamReader $ResponseStream 
37. [System.Console]::Writeline($Reader.ReadToEnd()) 
38.  
39. # Display Status 
40. "Download Complete, status:" 
41. $response.StatusDescription  
42.  
43. # Close Reader and Response objects 
44. $Reader.Close() 
45. $Response.Close() 

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New-Task.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a scheduled task object. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script re-implements an MSDN sample using PowerShell 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : New-Task.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
13.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383665%28VS.85%29.aspx 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\New-Task.ps1
17.     Time Now       : 9/24/2010 12:43:47 PM 
18.     Task startTime : 2010-09-24T12:44:17 
19.     Task endTime   : 2010-09-24T12:48:47 
20.     Task definition created. About to submit the task... 
21.   
22.   
23.     Name               : Test TimeTrigger 
24.     Path               : Test TimeTrigger 
25.     State              : 3 
26.     Enabled            : True 
27.     LastRunTime        : 12/30/1899 12:00:00 AM 
28.     LastTaskResult     : 1 
29.     NumberOfMissedRuns : 0 
30.     NextRunTime        : 9/24/2010 12:44:17 PM 
31.     Definition         : System.__ComObject 
32.     Xml                : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> 
33.                          <Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task"> 
34.                            <RegistrationInfo> 
35.                              <Author>Thomas Lee</Author> 
36.                              <Description>Start notepad at a certain time</Description> 
37.                            </RegistrationInfo> 
38.                            <Triggers> 
39.                              <TimeTrigger id="TimeTriggerId"> 
40.                                <StartBoundary>2010-09-24T12:44:17</StartBoundary> 
41.                                <EndBoundary>2010-09-24T12:48:47</EndBoundary> 
42.                                <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT5M</ExecutionTimeLimit> 
43.                                <Enabled>true</Enabled> 
44.                              </TimeTrigger> 
45.                            </Triggers> 
46.                            <Settings> 
47.                              <IdleSettings> 
48.                                <Duration>PT10M</Duration> 
49.                                <WaitTimeout>PT1H</WaitTimeout> 
50.                                <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd> 
51.                                <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle> 
52.                              </IdleSettings> 
53.                              <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy> 
54.                              <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries> 
55.                              <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries> 
56.                              <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate> 
57.                              <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable> 
58.                              <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable> 
59.                              <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand> 
60.                              <Enabled>true</Enabled> 
61.                              <Hidden>false</Hidden> 
62.                              <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle> 
63.                              <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun> 
64.                              <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT72H</ExecutionTimeLimit> 
65.                              <Priority>7</Priority> 
66.                            </Settings> 
67.                            <Actions Context="Author"> 
68.                              <Exec> 
69.                                <Command>C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe</Command> 
70.                              </Exec> 
71.                            </Actions> 
72.                            <Principals> 
73.                              <Principal id="Author"> 
74.                                <UserId>COOKHAM\tfl</UserId> 
75.                                <LogonType>InteractiveToken</LogonType> 
76.                              </Principal> 
77.                            </Principals> 
78.                          </Task> 
79.  
80.     Task submitted. 
81. #> 
82. # Helper Function 
83. function XMLTIME{ 
84. Param ( $T) 
85. $csecond = $t.Second.ToString() 
86. $cminute = $t.minute.ToString() 
87. $chour = $t.hour.ToString() 
88. $cday  = $t.day.ToString() 
89. $cmonth  = $t.month.ToString() 
90. $cyear = $t.year.ToString() 
91.  
92. $date =  $cyear + "-" 
93. if ($cmonth.Length -eq 1) { $date += "0" + $cmonth + "-"}  
94. else                      { $date += $cmonth + "-"} 
95. if ($cday.length -eq 1)   { $date += "0" + $cday + "T"} 
96. else                      { $date += $cday + "T"} 
97. if ($chour.length -eq 1)  { $date += "0" + $chour + ":"} 
98. else                      { $date += $chour + ":"} 
99. if ($cminute.length -eq 1){ $date += "0" + $cminute + ":"} 
100. else                      { $date += $cminute + ":"} 
101. if ($csecond.length -eq 1){ $date += "0" + $csecond} 
102. else                      { $date += $csecond} 
103. # return 
104. $date 
105. } 
106.  
107. ## Script starts here 
108.  
109. # A constant that specifies a time-based trigger. 
110. $TriggerTypeTime = 1 
111. # A constant that specifies an executable action. 
112. $ActionTypeExec = 0    
113.  
114. # Create and connect to the service 
115. $service = New-Object -com schedule.service  
116. $service.Connect() 
117.  
118. # Get a folder to create a task definition in.  
119. $rootFolder = $service.GetFolder("\") 
120.  
121. # The taskDefinition variable is the TaskDefinition object. 
122. # The flags parameter is 0 because it is not supported. 
123. $taskDefinition = $service.NewTask(0)  
124.  
125. # Define information about the task. 
126. # Set the registration info for the task by  
127. # creating the RegistrationInfo object. 
128. $regInfo = $taskDefinition.RegistrationInfo 
129. $regInfo.Description = "Start notepad at a certain time" 
130. $regInfo.Author = "Thomas Lee" 
131.  
132. # Set the principal for the task 
133. $principal = $taskDefinition.Principal 
134.  
135. # Set the logon type to interactive logon 
136. $principal.LogonType = 3 
137.  
138. # Set the task setting info for the Task Scheduler by 
139. # creating a TaskSettings object. 
140. $settings = $taskDefinition.Settings 
141. $settings.Enabled = $True 
142. $settings.StartWhenAvailable = $True 
143. $settings.Hidden = $False 
144.  
145. # Create a time-based trigger. 
146. $triggers = $taskDefinition.Triggers 
147. $trigger = $triggers.Create($TriggerTypeTime) 
148.  
149. # Trigger variables that define when the trigger is active. 
150. $time = ([system.datetime]::now).addseconds(30) 
151. $startTime = XmlTime($time) 
152.  
153. $time = ([system.datetime]::now).addminutes(5) 
154. $endTime = XmlTime($time) 
155.  
156. "Time Now       : {0}" -f (Get-Date -display time) 
157. "Task startTime : {0}" -f $startTime 
158. "Task endTime   : {0}" -f $endTime 
159.  
160. $trigger.StartBoundary = $startTime 
161. $trigger.EndBoundary = $endTime 
162. $trigger.ExecutionTimeLimit = "PT5M"    #Five minutes 
163. $trigger.Id = "TimeTriggerId" 
164. $trigger.Enabled = $True 
165.  
166. # Create the action for the task to execute. 
167.  
168. # Add an action to the task to run notepad.exe. 
169. $Action = $taskDefinition.Actions.Create( $ActionTypeExec ) 
170. $Action.Path = "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" 
171.  
172. "Task definition created. About to submit the task..." 
173.  
174. # Register (create) the task. 
175. $rootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition("Test TimeTrigger", $taskDefinition, 6,"" ,"" , 3) 
176.  
177. # all done! 
178. "Task submitted." 

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Get-VirtualMachine.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets the list of Virtual Machines on a Hyper-V Host 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to get the VMs defined on a Hyper-V host 
6.     then displays them. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Get-VirtualMachine.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14.     MSDN sample posted tot 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc136822%28VS.85%29.aspx 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [c:\foo\: Get-VirtualMachine  
18.     5 Virtual Machines on: COOKHAM2 
19.  
20.     PSMC-DC1 
21.     PSMC-EXCH1 
22.     PSMC-SQL 
23.     PSMC-SRV1 
24.     PSMC-SRV2 
25. #> 
26.  
27. # Get list of VMs from WMI 
28. $vmbase = get-wmiobject Msvm_ComputerSystem -namespace root\virtualization -ComputerName Cookham2 
29.  
30. # Get hosting computer System Name 
31.  
32. $HostName = $vmbase | ? {$_.Caption -eq "Hosting Computer System"} | select name 
33.  
34. # Print results 
35. "{0} Virtual Machines on: {1}" -f $($vmbase.count-1),$Hostname.name 
36. $vmbase | where {$_.Caption -ne "Hosting Computer System"} | sort elementname | ft elementname -HideTableHeaders 

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