Richard Burte arebee

arebee / gist:3bb87840b1b912592a7f

Created July 30, 2015 06:06

PowerShell to get the Windows OS SKU

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -Namespace "root\cimv2" | format-list Caption, Version 

arebee / disable-ssl30-windows.cmd

Last active August 29, 2015 14:07

Disable SSL 3.0 on the Server for IIS etc,

	@REM Disable server side
	REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\Schannel\Protocols\SSL 3.0\Server" /VE
	REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\Schannel\Protocols\SSL 3.0\Server" /V Enabled /T REG_DWORD /D 0


	@REM To force disable client side, overkill. Use client config (i.e. IE Internet Options etc.)
	@REM REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\Schannel\Protocols\SSL 3.0\Client" /VE
	@REM REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\Schannel\Protocols\SSL 3.0\Client" /V DisabledByDefault /T REG_DWORD /d 1

arebee / ReverseString in PowerShell

Created September 30, 2014 18:26

Reverse a string in PowerShell, using an efficient StringBuilder allocation.

	function reverseString
	{
	Param(
	[string]$str
	)

	$sb = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder($str.Length)
	write-verbose $sb.Capacity

	for ($i = ($str.Length - 1); $i -ge 0; $i--)

arebee / IE Default reg

Created May 1, 2014 16:45

Change the default View Source editor in IE

REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\View Source Editor\Editor Name" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Code\Tools\Notepad2\Notepad2.exe"

arebee / amIAdmin

Created April 29, 2014 19:52

Powershell one-liner for UAC detection.

	# Will return false if you aren't in a UAC evelvated command prompt. true if you are.
	(new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)

arebee / Show or Hide power button on Win 8.1 U1 Start Screen

Last active August 29, 2015 13:58

	@REM From http://www.windowsobserver.com/2014/04/10/add-the-missing-power-icon-on-your-surface-for-windows-8-1-update/
	@REM Show power button on Start Screen
	REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\Launcher /v Launcher_ShowPowerButtonOnStartScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 1
	@REM Hide power button on Start Screen
	REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\Launcher /v Launcher_ShowPowerButtonOnStartScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 0