Carriage return line feed

Seems like the transcript log wants my scripts to have a carriage return.

Start-transcript c:\temp\test.log
Write-Host "Sending Messages to blah $([DateTime]::Now) `r`n"
Stop-Transcript

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Tab Completion

Tab Completion function. Hey you can modify this that's cool

 Get-Content function:\TabExpansion

Multiline string “Here-Strings”

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692792.aspx

$myHereString = @" 
This text may span multiple lines, and may 
contain "quotes". 
“@ 

Powershell version

$psversiontable

Grep and Sed -kinda

http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/archive/2007/07/09/grep-and-sed-with-powershell.aspx

#GREP-ish
cat somefile.txt | where { $_ -match "expression"}

#SED-ish
cat somefile.txt | %{$_ -replace "expression","replace"}

Run Script

 powershell.exe -noexit &"c:\script dir\blah.ps1"

You need the &"...." if the script path has a space. If you just type "c:\script dir\blah.ps1" it will return

c:\script dir\blah.ps1

Reset WSFTP Password

$foo =.\wapg.exe -x 8 -n 1 -E "|?&<%\/!@#$^*',`~+=_;:()[]{}."
d:\iftpsvc\iftpaddu.exe -h hostname -mod -u username -p $foo
echo $foo > \\servername\share\FTPPassword.txt

Send Email

C:\scripts\blat.exe -tf $recipientlist -f me@blah.com -s "This is the subject" -server smtp.blah.corp -body "blah" -attach $File 

Get properties

 get-Service | get-Member -memberType Property

Get Service Tag

Get-WmiObject win32_SystemEnclosure | Select-Object serialnumber

Accounts that have not logged on recently

No Recent Logon

Stale Computers

Stale Computers

Stale User Accounts

Stale User accounts

 Profile

Profile

List all Operating System in AD

Get-QADComputer -SizeLimit 0 | Sort-Object osname -unique | Format-Table -Property osname

Get Domain Controllers

http://winpowershell.blogspot.com/2007/03/active-directory-query-domain.html

$dom = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::getcurrentdomain()
#Get the DC's for the domain
$dom.DomainControllers | select Name
#Find one DC
$dom.FindDomainController()
DC's for all the domains in the forest
$dom.Forest.Domains

Add-PSSnappin

 add-PSSnapin  quest.activeroles.admanagement

Test if it is loaded before loading the snappin

IF (Get-PSSnapin | where {$_.name -eq "quest.activeroles.admanagement"}) 
    {write-host "Quest Active Roles snapin already loaded"}
Else
    {add-PSSnapin  quest.activeroles.admanagement}

 Line Count

get-content H:\Machinelist.csv | Measure-Object
get-content H:\Machinelist.csv | Measure-Object -line -word -character

$foo = get-content H:\Machinelist.csv
$foo.Length
$foo.Count

List  users not in a group

Get-QADUser -NotMemberOf "All Users"
Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Enabled -NotMemberOf "All Users"
Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 -NotMemberOf "All Users" | Where-Object { $_.WebPage -ne "Non-User Account" -and $_.WebPage -ne "Consultants" } 
Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 -NotMemberOf "All Users" | Where-Object { $_.WebPage -ne "Non-User Account" -and $_.WebPage -ne "Consultants" } | Select-Object -property "WebPage","SAMAccountName","DN"

Search AD for users at a specific branch

Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Enabled | where { $_.Office -match "^35300" }| Format-Table Name,Office,DN

Prompt user for input

$branch = Read-Host "Branch Number " ; Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Enabled | where { $_.Office -match "^$branch" }| Format-Table Name,Office,DN

Get Service Pack

get-QADComputer -computerRole 'DomainController' | format-table -property computername, osname, osversion, osservicepack

Get-QADComputer -SizeLimit 0 | Where-Object { $_.osname -eq "Windows Server 2003" -and  $_.osservicepack -ne "Service Pack 2" } | format-table -property computername, osname, osversion, osservicepack
Get-QADComputer -sizelimit 0 | Where-Object { $_.name -like "?L*" } | format-table -property name, osname, osversion, osservicepack 

get-QADComputer -computerRole 'DomainController' | foreach-object {Get-WMIObject -Class "Win32_BIOS" -Computer $_.Name | Select __SERVER, SerialNumber} | export-csv 'C:\Servers.csv'

  Prompt for machine name and get serial number

$machine = Read-Host "Machine Name " ; Get-WMIObject -Class "Win32_BIOS" -Computer $Machine | Select __SERVER, SerialNumber

 Created a function to put in profile to get serial number from a machine

#modified to pass cred and prompt if not passed
#$cred = Get-Credential
#Get-Serial computer1 $cred

function Get-Serial(
    [string] $ComputerName=$(throw '$ComputerName is required'),
    [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential] $cred =$(Get-Credential))
{
    $bios = Get-WMIObject -Class "Win32_BIOS" -Computer $ComputerName -Credential $cred
    $system = get-wmiobject -Class "win32_computersystem" -Computer $ComputerName -Credential $cred
    #Write-Host $ComputerName", " $system.Manufacturer", " $system.Model", " $bios.SerialNumber
    Write-Host "Machine Name:  " $ComputerName
    Write-host "Manufacturer:  " $system.Manufacturer
    write-host "Model:         " $system.Model
    Write-host "Serial Number: " $bios.SerialNumber
}

Get-QADGroupMember noc | Select-Object -property "SAMAccountName", "eMail" 

 Update Format Output

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Update-FormatData -PrependPath c:\scripts\formating.ps1xml

Event Log

 Get event log

Get-EventLog -logname "Security" -ComputerName server -UserName *jdoe* -newest 10
Get-EventLog -logname "Security" -ComputerName server | where {$_.eventID -eq 539 -or $_.eventID -eq 644} 

Get-EventLog -logname "Security" -ComputerName server -newest 1000 | where {$_.eventID -eq 539 -or $_.eventID -eq 644} 

Write to event log

TechNet Webcast: Amazing but True: Things You Never Dreamed You Could Do with Windows PowerShell (Level 200)

$a = New-Object -type system.diagnostics.eventlog -argumentlist system
$a.Source = "Blah"
$a.WriteEntry("The sky is falling", "Information") 

$a = New-Object -type system.diagnostics.eventlog -argumentlist system, remotemachinename

Printers

 List Printers

Get-WmiObject win32_printer -computer PrintServer | ? { $_.type -ne 1 } |sort name | Select-Object SystemName,Name,Location,ShareName,DriverName,PortName |  export-csv -notype c:\printserver.csv 

 List Printers IP addresses

get-wmiobject -class "Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort" -computername PrintServer | Select-Object -Property name,hostaddress | Export-Csv c:\PrintServer.csv                                      

Passthru

$object = New-Object –TypeNamePSObject
$object | Add-Member –MemberTypeNoteProperty –Name OSBuild –Value $os.BuildNumber –PassThru |
Add-Member –MemberTypeNoteProperty –Name OSVersion –Value $os.Version –PassThru |
Add-Member –MemberTypeNoteProperty –Name BIOSSerial –Value $bios.SerialNumber
Write-Output $object

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