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TheBigBear / gist:890f9cc7944058c415f03e6221d7c275

Last active June 12, 2020 14:31

howto assign variable from ps

	# want to switch from old method using Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet to using Export-MailboxDiagnosticLogs instaed
	# as shown at ( https://petri.com/exchange-online-exposes-new-mailbox-activity-data )

	#old method using Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet
	$UserReport = New-Object PSObject
	# check for mailbox info
	foreach ($mbx in $mbxs) {
	if ($user.UserPrincipalName -eq $mbx.UserPrincipalName) {
	$mbxstats = Get-MailboxStatistics -Identity $mbx.UserPrincipalName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue \| Select LastUserActionTime,LastLogonTime,SystemMessageSize
	$LastUserActionTime = $mbxstats.LastUserActionTime

TheBigBear / gist:1d2369d3b353a452bb3b76a805b24d3d

Last active May 12, 2021 14:24

scripting ms o365 'file request' using powershell to use a 'any' anonymous link to upload a file to onedrive folder

	Can anybody help me write a powershell function that takes three parameters
	and uploads a specified file usnig the file request URL.

	'firstname' 'lastname' and 'file'to stuff in the web file upload request.

	MS 'file request' uploads are explained here:
	https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-file-request-f54aa7f8-2589-4421-b351-d415fc3b83af

	And one such 'test' file request is here:

TheBigBear / windows_openssh_authorized_keys_acl.ps1

Created July 26, 2022 17:37 — forked from scivision/windows_openssh_authorized_keys_acl.ps1

Set permissions ACL for Windows OpenSSH administrators_authorized_keys

	# this script is copied from:
	# https://www.concurrency.com/blog/may-2019/key-based-authentication-for-openssh-on-windows
	# Script by Mitchell Grande of Concurrency.com
	#
	$acl = Get-Acl C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys
	$acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($true, $false)
	$administratorsRule = New-Object system.security.accesscontrol.filesystemaccessrule("Administrators","FullControl","Allow")
	$systemRule = New-Object system.security.accesscontrol.filesystemaccessrule("SYSTEM","FullControl","Allow")
	$acl.SetAccessRule($administratorsRule)
	$acl.SetAccessRule($systemRule)

TheBigBear / Readme.md

Last active June 24, 2023 11:41

Error: Unable to load one or more of the requested types.

and after trying to upgrade to 2.0.0 from 1.4.0 I got the following error now on one machine?

Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.

The logs show what happens if i start just choco or choco --version or choco list basically anything at all it does not seem to start chocolatey but instead shows me that one error line above.

TheBigBear / WinGet_WinSrv.ps1

Created July 21, 2023 07:50 — forked from likamrat/WinGet_WinSrv.ps1

Installing Winget om Windows Server 2019/2022

	Write-Information "This script needs be run on Windows Server 2019 or 2022"

	If ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 7){ Write-Error "This script needs be run by version of PowerShell prior to 7.0" }

	# Define environment variables
	$downloadDir = "C:\WinGet"
	$gitRepo = "microsoft/winget-cli"
	$msiFilenamePattern = "*.msixbundle"
	$licenseFilenamePattern = "*.xml"
	$releasesUri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitRepo/releases/latest"

TheBigBear / decrypt-howto.md

Created December 2, 2024 08:49 — forked from darrenpmeyer/decrypt-howto.md

Decrypt Unifi .unf backups

NB: these instructions are for Ubuntu; they work under WSL on Windows 10 as well

Get the decrypt.sh file from here: https://github.com/zhangyoufu/unifi-backup-decrypt

Make sure prerequisites are installed:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install zip unzip openssl mongo-tools

TheBigBear / Apply-Timestamps.ps1

Created February 9, 2025 07:45

Fix timestamp time travel between win RDS shared folder files and Mac files

	# Script 2: Apply UTC Timestamps on Mac
	# Save this as `Apply-Timestamps.ps1`

	# Get the current directory
	$currentDirectory = Get-Location

	# Define the input file
	$inputFile = Join-Path -Path $currentDirectory -ChildPath "my_files_timestamps_in_utc.txt"

	# Check if the input file exists

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