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Preventing Lock Screen Timeout When Idle using PowerShell

terminalpuncher.com — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:24:03 +0000

Run this code within PowerShell to prevent lockouts when Idle. Simply and Effective.

$WShell = New-Object -Com Wscript.Shell
while (1) {$WShell.SendKeys("{SCROLLLOCK}"); sleep 60}

Querying SNMP in PowerShell

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:31:55 +0000

Within Windows use the following one liner to gather The "ValidCommunities" key which holds the community strings configured.

Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters' -Recurse

The PermittedManagers key holds the SNMP server info and the item property name is incrementing numbers starting at 0 and the item property value is the name or IP address of the SNMP server.

Once you have those details add to the below code.

$SNMP = New-Object -ComObject olePrn.OleSNMP
$snmp.open('localhost','public',2,1000)
$snmp.get('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0')

Simple PowerShell Password Generator

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:11:23 +0000


$Alphabets = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z'
$numbers = 0..9
$specialCharacters = '~,!,@,#,$,%,^,&,*,(,),>,<,?,\,/,_,-,=,+'
$array = @()
$array += $Alphabets.Split(',') | Get-Random -Count 4
$array[0] = $array[0].ToUpper()
$array[-1] = $array[-1].ToUpper()
$array += $numbers | Get-Random -Count 3
$array += $specialCharacters.Split(',') | Get-Random -Count 3
($array | Get-Random -Count $array.Count) -join ""

Delaying the executing of a PowerShell script until a certain time.

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:59:59 +0000

This script waits until 18:30 then run the lines under it to
a) set the Backup service to the Startup type Automatic then
b) Start the service in question

start-sleep ((get-date "18:30pm") - (get-date)).TotalSeconds

Set-Service -Name "Backup Service Controller" -StartupType Automatic; 
Get-Service -Name "Backup Service Controller" | Start-Service

Hey PowerShell, Do I have a specific update I installed?

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:55:08 +0000

Get-HotFix | Sort-Object InstalledOn -Descending | findstr /i "KB3192137"

Popular Conditional Statements Made Simple in Powershell

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:48:37 +0000

# "FOR" Statement
for ($a = 1; $a -le 10; $a++) {$a}

# "DO While" Loop
$a = 1
do {$a; $a++} 
while ($a -lt 10)

# "DO until" Loop
$a = 1
do {$a; $a++} 
until ($a –gt 10)

# "IF" statement
 $a = ""white"" 
 if ($a -eq ""red"") {""The color is red.""} 
 elseif ($a -eq ""white"") {""The color is white.""}  
 else {""The color is blue.""}

# "Select Case" statement
$a = 2
switch ($a) 
 { 1 {""The color is red.""} 
   2 {""The color is blue.""} 
   3 {""The color is green.""} 
   4 {""The color is yellow.""} 
   default {""Other.""}
 }

Count Lines, Words and Characters in a given file using PowerShell

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:44:54 +0000

get-content c:\ps\helloworld.ps1 | measure-object -line -word -character

Get ALL Recent Events with this PowerShell One-Liner

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:32:37 +0000

Get ALL Recent Events with this PS One-Liner

Absolute Dust. Enjoy....

Get-WinEvent -ListLog * -EA silentlycontinue | where-object { $_.recordcount -AND $_.lastwritetime -gt [datetime]::today} | foreach-object { get-winevent -LogName $_.logname -MaxEvents 1 } | sort Timecreated | Format-Table TimeCreated, ID, ProviderName, Message -AutoSize –Wrap

How to Elevate Privileges within PowerShell

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:29:10 +0000

How to Elevate Privileges within PowerShell

Start-Process Powershell -Verb runAs

Learn a Random PowerShell Command or Concept Using these two simple commands

terminalpuncher.com — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:25:40 +0000

Learn a Random PowerShell Command or Concept Using these two simple commands

Get-Command -Module Microsoft*,Cim*,PS* | Get-Random | Get-Help -ShowWindow

Get-Random -input (Get-Help about*) | Get-Help -ShowWindow"