borntoberoot/powershell

Collection of useful PowerShell functions, scripts, snippets and templates

PowerShell

My collection of useful functions, scripts, snippets and templates written by myself.

Description

Automate all the Things!

Module

How to install the module?

1. Download the latest Release
2. Copy the folder Module\LazyAdmin to C:\Users\%username%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\
3. Open up a PowerShell as an admin and set the execution policy: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
4. Import the Module with the command Import-Module LazyAdmin (Maybe add this command to your PowerShell profile)

Available functions:

Folder: File

Function	Description	Help
Find-StringInFile	Find a string in one or multiple files	📖
Test-IsFileBinary	Test if a file is binary	📖
Update-StringInFile	Replace a string in one or multiple files	📖

Folder: Software

Function	Description	Help
Get-InstalledSoftware	Get all installed software with DisplayName, Publisher and UninstallString	📖

Folder: Network

Function	Description	Help
Clear-ARPCache	Clear the ARP cache	📖
Convert-IPv4Address	Convert an IPv4-Address to Int64 and vise versa	📖
Convert-Subnetmask	Convert a subnetmask to CIDR and vise versa	📖
Get-ARPCache	Get the ARP cache	📖
Get-IPv4Subnet	Calculate a subnet based on an IP-Address and the subnetmask or CIDR	📖
Get-MACAddress	Get the MAC-Address from a remote computer	📖
Get-MACVendor	Get Vendor from a MAC-Address	📖
Get-WLANProfile	Get WLAN profiles, include password as SecureString or as plain text	📖
Invoke-IPv4NetworkScan	Powerful asynchronus IPv4 Network Scanner to scan an IP-Range or subnet	📖
Invoke-IPv4PortScan	Powerful asynchronus IPv4 Port Scanner to scan a TCP Port-Range	📖
Send-WakeOnLan	Send a network message to turn on or wake up a remote computer	📖
Split-IPv4Subnet	Split a subnet in multiple subnets with given subnetmasks	📖

Folder: Security

Function	Description	Help
ConvertFrom-Base64	Convert a Base64 encoded string to a plain text string	📖
ConvertTo-Base64	Convert a text (command) to an Base64 encoded string	📖
Get-RandomPassword	Generate passwords with a freely definable number of characters	📖
Get-RandomPIN	Generate PINs with freely definable number of numbers	📖

Folder: TrustedHost

Function	Description	Help
Add-TrustedHost	Add a trusted host (WinRM)	📖
Get-TrustedHost	Get trusted hosts (WinRM)	📖
Remove-TrustedHost	Remove a trusted host (WinRM)	📖
Set-TrustedHost	Set a trusted host (WinRM)	📖

Folder: Windows

Function	Description	Help
Get-LastBootTime	Get the time when a computer is booted	📖
Get-WindowsProductKey	Get the Windows product key and some usefull informations about the system	📖

Folder: Other

Function	Description	Help
Get-ConsoleColor	Get all available console colors	📖

Scripts

Script	Description	Help
Convert-ROT13	Rotate lower and upper chars by n places (Caesar cipher)	📖
Convert-ROT47	Rotate ascii chars by n places (Caesar cipher)	📖
OptimizePowerShellStartup.ps1	Optimize PowerShell startup by reduce JIT compile time with ngen.exe	📖

Snippets

Snippet	Description
ConnectToExchange2010.ps1	Connect to Exchange 2010 Management Shell in script
CredentialParameter.ps1	Parameter to pass credentials into a function/script
DefaultDisplayPropertySet.ps1	Set the default properties of an object
New-Object.ps1	Create a new PSObject with custom properties
PressAnyKeyToContinue.ps1	Wait until the user pressed a key
PromptForChoice.ps1	Prompt for choice
PSCustomObject.ps1	Create a new PSObject with custom properties (faster than New-Object/Add-Member)
RewriteInLine.ps1	Rewrite in Line (Write-Host "xx% complete")
SelfElevatingScript.ps1	Self elevate a PowerShell script/console with parameters
Send-MailMessage.ps1	Send a mail message via PowerShell

Regex

Regex	Description
IPv4Address.ps1	Validate an IPv4-Address like 192.168.1.0
MACAddress.ps1	Validate a MAC-Address like 00:00:00:00:00:00 or 00-00-00-00-00-00 or 000000000000
Subnetmask.ps1	Validate an Subnetmask like 255.255.255.0

Templates

Template	Description
Default.ps1	Default template for new scripts
Default.README.md	Default template for documentation on GitHub
RunspacePool.ps1	RunspacePool template - run code asynchron (faster than PSJobs)
ScheduledTask_Logging.ps1	Template to run a script as scheduled task with logging

powershell's Issues

Get-WlanProfile -Showpassword, Shows GCMP instead of the password

Hi,

When i use -showpassword i get (for some SSID's) GCMP
Only whe i use netsh.exe wlan show profiles name=’Profile Name’ key=clear It works perfect and i see the key content with the password.

Thanks,

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