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DanielSmon / Decrypt-SecureString.ps1
Last active July 11, 2022 23:52
Function Decrypt-SecureString {
param(
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Mandatory=$true,Position=0)]
[System.Security.SecureString]
$sstr
)
$marshal = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]
$ptr = $marshal::SecureStringToBSTR( $sstr )
$str = $marshal::PtrToStringBSTR( $ptr )
$marshal::ZeroFreeBSTR( $ptr )
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DanielSmon / Test-Administrator.ps1
Last active July 11, 2022 23:52
Function Test-Administrator
{
$user = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent();
(New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $user).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltinRole]::Administrator)
}
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DanielSmon / Test-WebRequestWithCookies.ps1
Last active March 10, 2019 13:32
PowerShell web request with cookies
$session = New-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestSession
$uri = "https://www.domain.com/action"
# Cookies from browser
# Paste in cookie values from browser request
$allCookies = "cookie1=cookievalue1; cookie2=cookievalue2"
foreach ($cookiePair in $allCookies.Split((";"))) {
$cookieValues = $cookiePair.Trim().Split("=")
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DanielSmon / create-azure-sql-logins-and-users.sql
Last active July 11, 2022 23:52
Azure SQL - Create logins and users
-- For more useful info on permissions, see:
-- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-database-role-members-transact-sql?view=sqlallproducts-allversions
-- Create logins and users on Azure SQL databases.
-- Adjust roles and schemas appropriately
DECLARE @user varchar(255) = 'USERNAME';
DECLARE @pass varchar(255) = 'PASSWORD';
DECLARE @schema varchar(255) = '[dbo]';
IF ((SELECT DB_NAME()) = 'master')
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DanielSmon / Test-Redirect.ps1
Last active September 25, 2019 06:03
Function Test-Redirect($uri, $expectedStatusCode, $expectedRedirect) {
try {
$result = Invoke-WebRequest -MaximumRedirection 0 -Uri $uri -SkipHeaderValidation
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Failed " -NoNewline
Write-Host $uri -NoNewline
Write-Host " Expected:" $expectedStatusCode $expectedRedirect " " -NoNewline
Write-Host "Received:" $result.StatusCode -BackgroundColor Yellow
} catch {
$_Exception
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DanielSmon / folder-size.cmd
Created October 7, 2019 09:33
Windows: Fastest way to get folder size with many files
robocopy %full_path% %TEMP% /S /L /BYTES /XJ /NFL /NDL /NJH
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DanielSmon / keybase.md
Created November 14, 2019 03:42
keybase.md

Keybase proof

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  • I am danielsmon on github.
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To claim this, I am signing this object:

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DanielSmon / New MS Teams Profile.cmd
Last active September 30, 2025 01:45
For running multiple MS Teams accounts side by side. Save this with the name of the MS Teams profile you wish to use. When launched, a folder will be created in your user profile. See https://danielsmon.com/2020/04/02/multiple-ms-teams-accounts-on-the-desktop/.
@ECHO OFF
REM Uses the file name as the profile name
SET MSTEAMS_PROFILE=%~n0
ECHO - Using profile "%MSTEAMS_PROFILE%"
SET "OLD_USERPROFILE=%USERPROFILE%"
SET "USERPROFILE=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\CustomProfiles\%MSTEAMS_PROFILE%"
REM Ensure there is a downloads folder to avoid error described at
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DanielSmon / boxstarter.ps1
Last active March 8, 2021 13:30 — forked from jessfraz/boxstarter.ps1
Boxstarter Commands for a new Windows box.
# Description: Boxstarter Script
# Author: Jess Frazelle <jess@linux.com>
# Last Updated: 2017-09-11
#
# Install boxstarter:
# . { iwr -useb http://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1 } | iex; get-boxstarter -Force
#
# You might need to set: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
#
# Run this boxstarter by calling the following from an **elevated** command-prompt:
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DanielSmon / EmbeddedResource.cs
Last active July 11, 2022 23:54
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
namespace DAS.Utils
{
public static class EmbeddedResource
{
/// <summary>
///