Chirishman

Tips and Tricks

To evaluate something and also store it in a variable in the most concise way possible

if (($a = $true)){
    #TrueCondition
}

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function Get-MonitorInfo {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [string[]]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
    )

    $MonitorSelect = @(
        @{
            N = 'ComputerName'

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            Write-Verbose "Display Name: $Display"
            
            $TruncatedBaseDisplay = (-join([char[]]$Display | select -first 15))
            
            $FirstUnusedName = (
                ($TruncatedBaseDisplay.Length)..1 | %{
                    $ThisLength = $_;
                    $Digits = 15 - $ThisLength;
                    (-join([char[]]$Display | select -first $ThisLength)) | %{
                        $ThisName = $_

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{"DataTime":"2018-05-05 00:44:43Z","Class":"Bot","Method":"ProcessCompletedJobs","Severity":"Error","Log 
Level":"Info","Message":"Errors encountered running command                                              
[PoshBot.TicTacToe:New-TicTacToeGame:0.1.0]","Data":{"CommandName":null,"Message":"Cannot bind argument  
to parameter \u0027Path\u0027 because it is                                                              
null.","TargetObject":null,"Position":null,"CategoryInfo":"InvalidData: (:) [Import-Module], ParameterBi 
ndingValidationException","FullyQualifiedErrorId":"ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Micros 
oft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand"}}                                                           
At line:1 char:1                                                                                         
+ Start-PoshBot -Configuration $ITBotConfig                                                              
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                           

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function Start-ProgressSleep {
	Param(
		[Parameter(ParameterSetName='seconds',Mandatory=$true)]
		[int]$seconds,
		[Parameter(ParameterSetName='span',ValueFromPipeline,Mandatory=$true)]
		[timespan]$timespan
	)
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Function to Start-Sleep with a progress bar

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Param(
  $HomeFoldersDirectoryPath = 'C:\Default\Path\Here\'
)
$HomeFolders = Get-ChildItem $HomeFoldersDirectoryPath -Directory
foreach ($HomeFolder in $HomeFolders) {
    $Path = $HomeFolder.FullName
    $Acl = (Get-Item $Path).GetAccessControl('Access')
    $Username = $HomeFolder.Name
    $Ar = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($Username, 'Modify',                 'ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit', 'None', 'Allow')
    $Acl.SetAccessRule($Ar)

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#REALLY rough, here be dragons. Still faster than doing it manually though.

$STList = @(
    #Service Tags Go Here
    'XXXXXXX',
    'XXXXXXX'
)
$ResultTable = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new()

$STList | %{

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$FormLogin = New-UDAuthenticationMethod -Endpoint {
    param([PSCredential]$Credentials)
	
	Import-Module ADAuth
	
    $AuthorizedGroup = 'Administrators'

    if ($Credentials | ? {$_ | Test-ADCredential} | Test-ADGroupMembership -TargetGroup $AuthorizedGroup) {
        New-UDAuthenticationResult -Success -UserName $Credentials.UserName
    }

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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS [DATABASENAMEHERE].[dbo].[WinEvent]
GO

CREATE TABLE [DATABASENAMEHERE].[dbo].[WinEvent] (
        [id] int IDENTITY(1,1),
        [TimeCreated] datetime NOT NULL,
        [LogName] varchar(60) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
        [ProviderName] varchar(100) NOT NULL,
        [EventId] integer NOT NULL,
        [LevelDisplayName] varchar(100),

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/* Hide main tabs toolbar */
#main-window[tabsintitlebar="true"]:not([extradragspace="true"]) #TabsToolbar {
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}
#main-window:not([tabsintitlebar="true"]) #TabsToolbar {
    visibility: collapse !important;
}

/* Sidebar min and max width removal */