Powershell Basics

Learn Powershell one snippet at a time

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What have you done with #Powershell lately?

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Want to find out what your org has hidden within AD? Get-ADUser -identity <username> -Properites *

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@nixcraft Windows doesn't let you do this. But it will gladly let you delete most of the HKLM\Software reg keys which has a similar effect

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@nixcraft https://t.co/nH7WgDAGTD . There are several providers with unmetered monthly traffic offers.

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Put Measure-Command in front of your code to see how long it will take to run. This helps identify what the slowest part of your code is.

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You can use Get-Content or, a shorter version you can use gc

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Get-ADUser <username> -Properties * | Select-Object -expandproperty ScriptPath ....Working with AD to get a users logon script.

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@PowershellBasic Get Windows services set to auto but not running

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Get-WmiObject win32_service | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.state -ne "Running" -and $_.StartMode -eq "Auto" }).Name

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wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion ...Get your BIOS version from #Powershell

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Don't let other people's personal prefs dictate how you write code. Some ppl will argue against using write-host. If it works for u, use it

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Did you know you can run cmd prompt commands from powershell? Try it, type: ipconfig

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Powershell uses WMI to get info from a computer, either local or remote. Here's a list of the classes we reference https://t.co/HWfM3YLvuf

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Get-Hotfix -id kb2849697 ....Using #Powershell to find out if you have KB2849697 installed. Use: Get-Hotfix ...To get all patches installed

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gwmi win32_startupcommand ...Lists what's configured to start when Windows does

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gwmi win32_product | Select Name,Version ...Using #Powershell to list installed programs and their respective version number.

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get-date -format MM/dd/yyyy ....Get todays date in a readable format

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@NickAskilmy Some people just don't care if their code is readable by anyone else...smh

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When writing code, don't be that person that uses single letters for your variable names. Foreach ($i in $a) {....That's just terrible

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@PowershellBasic I wrote it, so feel free to offer any suggestions(Outside of not using write-host, of course)