Get-WmiRegDword.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets a registry value using WMI. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to get then display a resistry value, using  
6.     the SteRegProv class and the GetDWORDValue static method. 
7.     This is a re-write of a VB Sample Script 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-WMIRegDword.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 to: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh[C:\foo]>Get-WmiRegDword.ps1 
19. Current History Buffer Size: 50 
20.      
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Define Constants 
24. $HKEY_CURRENT_USER =2147483649   
25. $computer ='.' 
26.  
27. # Get Class to call static methods on 
28. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
29.  
30. #defind key/value to get  
31. $Key     = "Console" 
32. $Value   = "HistoryBufferSize" 
33.  
34. # Get Value of buffer and display 
35. $results   = $reg.GetDWORDValue($HKEY_CURRENT_USER, $Key, $value) 
36. "Current History Buffer Size: {0}" -f $results.uValue 

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Show-MajorPart.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the Major part of the version number 
4.     of file version object. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script 
7.     that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get 
8.     the major part of the version number of the file. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Show-MajorPart.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/2011/08/show-majorpartps1.html 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.filemajorpart.aspx   
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh> .\Show-MajorPart.ps1 
20.     File Major Part for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: 6             
21. #> 
22. # Set filename 
23. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
24.  
25. #Get Version information for this file 
26. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
27.  
28. # Print the Build details name 
29. "File Major Part for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileMajorPart 

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Show-MinorPart.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the Minor part of the version number 
4.     of file version object. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script 
7.     that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get 
8.     the mainor part of the version number of the file. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Show-MinorPart.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://http://pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.FileMinorpart.aspx  
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh> .\Show-MinorPart.ps1 
20.     File Major Part for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: 0             
21. #> 
22. # Set filename 
23. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
24.  
25. #Get Version information for this file 
26. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
27.  
28. # Print the Build details name 
29. "File Minor Part for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileMinorPart 

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Get-ParsedInteger.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script parses several strings into integers, where possible.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses the TryParse method on [Int32] to attempt 
6.     to parse a string into a number and writes the results. This script 
7.     is a recoded MSDN sample using PowerShell 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-ParsedInt32.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 tot: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f02979c7.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh[C:\foo]> .\get-parsedinteger.ps1 
19. Attempted conversion of '' failed. 
20. Converted '160519' to 160519. 
21. Attempted conversion of '9432.0' failed. 
22. Attempted conversion of '16,667' failed. 
23. Converted '   -322   ' to -322. 
24. Converted '+4302' to 4302. 
25. Attempted conversion of '(100);' failed. 
26. Attempted conversion of '01FA' failed.     
27. #> 
28.  
29. # Define function to parse a string to integer 
30. Function TryToParse { 
31. # Parameter to parse into a number 
32. Param ([string] $value) 
33. # Define $number and try the parse 
34. [int] $number = 0 
35. $result = [System.Int32]::TryParse($value, [ref] $number); 
36. if ($result)  { 
37.       "Converted '{0}' to {1}." -f $value, $number  
38.               } 
39.       else    { 
40.         if ($value -eq $null) {$value = ""}  
41.        "Attempted conversion of '{0}' failed." -f $value 
42.               } 
43. } 
44.  
45. # Now call the function to see if the string will parse 
46. TryToParse($null) 
47. TryToParse("160519"); 
48. TryToParse("9432.0"); 
49. TryToParse("16,667"); 
50. TryToParse("   -322   "); 
51. TryToParse("+4302"); 
52. TryToParse("(100);"); 
53. TryToParse("01FA"); 

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New-Credential.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.    A function to create a credential object from script. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.    Enables you to create a credential objects from stored details. 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : New-Credential.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/2011/03/new-credentialps1.html 
13. .PARAMETER UserId 
14.    The userid in the form of "domain\user" 
15. .PARAMETER Password 
16.    The password for this user 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.    New-Credential contoso\administrator  Pa$$w0rd 
19. #> 
20.  
21. function New-Credential { 
22. param ( 
23. [string] $Userid, 
24. [string] $Pwd 
25. ) 
26. # Create the credential 
27. $spwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $pwd -Force  
28. $cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $userid,$spwd 
29. # Now return it to the caller 
30. return $cred 
31. } 
32.  
33. # Call the function to demostrate example 
34. New-Credential "contoso\administrator" "Pa$$w0rd" 

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New-Shortcut.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.    This script creates a shortcut to Notepad on the Desktop 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.    This script creates a Wscript.shell item, then creates  
6.    a shortcut on the desktop to Notepad.exe. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : New-Shortcut.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINKS 
12.     This post is a re-implementation of an MSDN Script 
13.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0ea7b5xe%28VS.85%29.aspx 
14.     Posted to Powershell Scripts Blog 
15.         HTTP://Pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.    Left as an exercise for the reader 
18. #> 
19.  
20. # create wscript object 
21. $WshShell = New-Object -com Wscript.Shell 
22.  
23. #Get Desktop location 
24. $Desktop  = $WshShell.SpecialFolders.item("Desktop") 
25.  
26. # create a new shortcut 
27. $ShellLink                  = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($Desktop + "\Shortcut Script.lnk") 
28. $ShellLink.TargetPath       = $WScript.ScriptFullName 
29. $ShellLink.WindowStyle      = 1 
30. $ShellLink.Hotkey           = "CTRL+SHIFT+F" 
31. $ShellLink.IconLocation     = "notepad.exe, 0" 
32. $ShellLink.Description      = "Shortcut Script" 
33. $ShellLink.WorkingDirectory = $Desktop 
34.  
35. #Save the link to the desktop 
36. $ShellLink.Save() 

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Get-ComputerDomain.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    This script uses WMI to get the name of a computer's domain then displays the name.
.DESCRIPTION
    This script is a re-write of an MSDN sample, using PowerShell. 
.NOTES
    File Name  : Get-ComputerDomain.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0
.LINK
    This script posted to:
	    http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
    MSDN sample posted tot:
	    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394586%28VS.85%29.aspx/
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-ComputerDomain.ps1
    System Name: WIN7
    Domain:      cookham.net
.EXAMPLE
    Psh[Cookham8]> .\Get-ComputerDomain.ps1 cookham2
    System Name: COOKHAM2
    Domain:      cookham.net
.PARAMETER comp
    The name of the computer whose domain name to be displayed. Default is localhost.
#>            
            
# Parameter block            
param (            
$comp = "."            
)            
            
# Get WMI Object            
$system = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $comp            
            
# Display results            
"System Name: {0}" -f $System.Name            
"Domain:      {0}" -f $System.Domain

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Count-GDDuplicate.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Finds duplicates in the GD archive – A script
4.     for New Year’s eve! 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.  
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Count-GDDuplicate.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 
11. .LINK 
12.     http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/12/count-gdduplicateps1.html 
13. .EXAMPLE 
14.     Psh[Cookham8]>C:\foo\Count-GdDuplicate.ps1 
15.     Count-GDDuplicate.ps1 - v 1.0.1 
16.  
17.     99 shows have duplicates 
18.     109 shows are duplicates of others 
19. #> 
20.  
21. ### 
22. # Start of Script 
23. ## 
24.  
25. # Constants: 
26. # $GDDiskRoot    - where to find shows 
27. # $DeadShowBase  - folder at top of gd shows 
28.  
29. $GDDiskRoot = "M:" 
30. $DeadShowBase = $GDDiskRoot + "\gd" 
31.  
32. # Announce Ourselves 
33. "DuplicateCount.ps1 - v 0.0.1" 
34. "+---------------------------------+" 
35. "! Find Duplicate Shows :  $DeadShowBase   !" 
36. "+---------------------------------+" 
37. "" 
38. # Get start time 
39. $starttime = Get-Date 
40. set-strictmode -off 
41.  
42. # Get the Dead shows 
43.  
44. $Dir = ls $DeadShowBase | where {$_.psiscontainer} 
45. $DeadShows = $Dir.count 
46. if ($DeadSHows -le 0) {"no shows found - check constants"; return} 
47.  
48. # So here look for duplicates. 
49.  
50. $shows =@{} 
51.  
52. $j = 0 
53. foreach ($show in $dir){ 
54. $j++ 
55. $showdate = $show.name.substring(0,10) 
56. if ($shows.$showdate) { 
57.   $shows.$showdate++ 
58. }   
59. else { 
60.   $shows += @{$showdate=1} 
61. }    
62.  
63. } 
64.  
65. $shows = $shows.getenumerator() | Sort name 
66. $totaldups = 0 
67. $totaldupshows = 0 
68. foreach ($show in $shows){ 
69.    if ($show.value -gt 1) { 
70.      # "{1} copies of: {0}" -f  $show.name, $show.value 
71.      $totaldups++    
72.      $totaldupshows += $show.value - 1 # anything after the 1st is a dup 
73.    } 
74. } 
75.  
76. # Display Summary 
77. "{0} shows have duplicates" -f $totaldups 
78. "{0} shows are duplicates of others" -f $totaldupshows 

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Set-IseThemeVim.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script sets an ISE Theme to similar to the old VIM editor. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script sets the key values in $PsIse.Options to values consistent 
6.     with the VIM editor, beloved by many, particularly on the Powershell 
7.     product team. This script is based on Davis Mohundro's blog post
8.     (http://bit.ly/iib5IM), updated for RTM of PowerShell V2.0. See also  
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Set-ISEThemeVIM.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 (ISE only) 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://pshscriptsbog.blogspot.com  
16.         http://bit.ly/iaA2iX
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     This script when run resets colours on key panes, including 
19.     colourising tokens in the script pane. Try it and see it... 
20. #> 
21.  
22.  
23. # PowerShell ISE version of the VIM blackboard theme at  
24. # http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2280 
25.  
26. # Set font name and size 
27. $psISE.Options.FontName = 'Courier New' 
28. $psISE.Options.FontSize = 16 
29.  
30. # Set colours for output pane 
31. $psISE.Options.OutputPaneBackgroundColor     = '#FF000000' 
32. $psISE.Options.OutputPaneTextBackgroundColor = '#FF000000' 
33. $psISE.Options.OutputPaneForegroundColor     = '#FFFFFFFF' 
34.  
35. # Set colours for command pane 
36. $psISE.Options.CommandPaneBackgroundColor    = '#FF000000' 
37.  
38. # Set colours for script pane 
39.  
40. $psise.options.ScriptPaneBackgroundColor    ='#FF000000' 
41.  
42. # Set colours for tokens in Script Pane 
43. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Command'] = '#FFFFFF60' 
44. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Unknown'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
45. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Member'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
46. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Position'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
47. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['GroupEnd'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
48. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['GroupStart'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
49. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['LineContinuation'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
50. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['NewLine'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
51. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['StatementSeparator'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
52. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Comment'] = '#FFAEAEAE' 
53. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['String'] = '#FF00D42D' 
54. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Keyword'] = '#FFFFDE00' 
55. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Attribute'] = '#FF84A7C1' 
56. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Type'] = '#FF84A7C1' 
57. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Variable'] = '#FF00D42D' 
58. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['CommandParameter'] = '#FFFFDE00' 
59. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['CommandArgument'] = '#FFFFFFFF' 
60. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Number'] = '#FF98FE1E' 

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Set-ISEThemeDefault.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script resets the ISE to default ‘theme’. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script sets the key values in $PsIse.Options to their default 
6.     options in $Psise.Options.DefaultOptions. This script is useful if you 
7.     are playing with ISE options and don't quite get it right - just run this  
8.     script to set things back to default.        
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Set-ISEThemeDefault.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 (ISE only) 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://bit.ly/gJpu2W  
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     This script when run just resets the theme to the default. To view, run from 
18.     the ISE after changing options! 
19. #> 
20.  
21. # Set Basic options 
22. $psise.options.SelectedScriptPaneState = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.SelectedScriptPaneState 
23. $psise.options.ShowToolBar             = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.ShowToolBar 
24. $psise.options.FontSize                = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.FontSize 
25. $psise.options.Fontname                = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.Fontname 
26.  
27. # set colouring 
28. $psise.options.ErrorForegroundColor          = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.ErrorForegroundColor 
29. $psise.options.ErrorBackgroundColor          = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.ErrorBackgroundColor 
30. $psise.options.WarningForegroundColor        = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.WarningForegroundColor 
31. $psise.options.WarningBackgroundColor        = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.WarningBackgroundColor 
32. $psise.options.VerboseForegroundColor        = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.VerboseForegroundColor 
33. $psise.options.VerboseBackgroundColor        = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.VerboseBackgroundColor 
34. $psise.options.DebugBackgroundColor          = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.DebugBackgroundColor 
35. $psise.options.DebugForegroundColor          = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.DebugForegroundColor 
36. $psise.options.OutputPaneBackgroundColor     = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.OutputPaneBackgroundColor 
37. $psise.options.OutputPaneTextBackgroundColor = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.OutputPaneTextBackgroundColor 
38. $psise.options.OutputPaneForegroundColor     = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.OutPutPaneForegroundColor 
39. $psise.options.CommandPaneBackgroundColor    = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.CommandPaneBackgroundColor 
40. $psise.options.ScriptPaneBackgroundColor     = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.ScriptPaneBackgroundColor  
41. $psise.options.ScriptPaneForegroundColor     = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.ScriptPaneForegroundColor  
42.  
43. # More options 
44. $psise.options.ShowWarningForDuplicateFiles  = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.ShowWarningForDuplicateFiles   
45. $psise.options.ShowWarningBeforeSavingOnRun  = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.ShowWarningBeforeSavingOnRun 
46. $psise.options.UseLocalHelp                  = $psise.options.DefaultOpitons.UseLocalHelp 
47. $psise.options.CommandPaneUp                 = $psise.options.DefaultOptions.CommandPaneUp 
48.  
49. # Reset Tokens Colors 
50. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Attribute']          = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Attribute'] 
51. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Command']            = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Command'] 
52. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['CommandArgument']    = $psISE.Options.DefaultOPtions.TokenColors['CommandArgument'] 
53. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['CommandParameter']   = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['CommandParameter'] 
54. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Comment']            = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Comment'] 
55. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['GroupEnd']           = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['GroupEnd'] 
56. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['GroupStart']         = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['GroupStart'] 
57. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Keyword']            = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Keyword'] 
58. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['LineContinuation']   = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['LineContinuation'] 
59. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['LoopLabel']          = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['LoopLabel'] 
60. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Member']             = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Member'] 
61. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['NewLine']            = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['NewLine'] 
62. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Number']             = $psISE.Options.DefaultOPtions.TokenColors['Number'] 
63. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Position']           = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Position'] 
64. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['StatementSeparator'] = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['StatementSeparator'] 
65. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['String']             = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['String'] 
66. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Type']               = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Type']  
67. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Unknown']            = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Unknown'] 
68. $psISE.Options.TokenColors['Variable']           = $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions.TokenColors['Variable'] 
69.  
70. # Done 

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