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bklockwood / test.html

Created November 7, 2015 09:14

leaks memory. why?

	<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type">
	<title>Testmess on win10-dev</title>
	<style type="text/css">
	body {
	font: 16px Courier New, monospace;
	line-height: 15px;
	padding: 2em 3em;

bklockwood / simplepswu.ps1

Last active November 6, 2017 19:07

Simplified PSWU

	#requires -version 2.0


	function Get-UpdateList {
	<#
	.Synopsis
	Gets list of updates from Windows Update.

	.PARAMETER Criteria
	The search criteria, see http://goo.gl/7nZSPs

bklockwood / switch-compare-op.ps1

Created October 22, 2015 20:05

comparison operator in switch statement

	$size = $(get-item .\Rootstore.sst).Length
	Write-Host "Size $size"
	switch ($size) {
	($_ -gt 30000000000) {$foo = "reallybig" ;break}
	($_ -lt 25000000000) {$foo = "size5" ;break}
	($_ -lt 20000000000) {$foo = "size4" ;break}
	($_ -lt 15000000000) {$foo = "size3" ;break}
	($_ -lt 10000000000) {$foo = "size2" ;break}
	($_ -lt 5000000000) {$foo = "size1" ;break}
	}

bklockwood / where.ps1

Last active October 22, 2015 04:27

multiple WHERE criteria

	start-process notepad; start-process calc; start-process wordpad
	start-process notepad; start-process calc; start-process wordpad

	#now the part I always forget
	get-process \| where processname -in notepad,calc,wordpad

	#spaces ok too
	get-process \| where processname -in notepad, calc, wordpad

bklockwood / offlinewucheck.ps1

Last active March 3, 2022 04:05

Powershell offline WU check

	<#
	This script performs the 'search' phase of a Windows Update, using the standard WUA API.
	It does not download or install updates.
	Sole purpose of this script is to find out how long it takes to download the required cabfile,
	then process it against a live system and return the list of updates available for that system.
	#>
	function DownloadFile {
	param (
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)] $url,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)] $file

bklockwood / gist:fa950b74c5b97d0adc3e

Last active September 5, 2015 08:33

Powershell CPU exerciser

$i=1; while ($i -lt 200) {write-warning "iteration $i completed in $(Measure-Command {$result = 1; foreach ($number in 5000..1000000) {$result = $result * $number}})"; $i++}

bklockwood / gist:13f6b17eb98e8f4b0a95

Created September 4, 2015 10:53

Get-Temperature

	function Get-Temperature {
	$t = Get-WmiObject MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature -Namespace "root/wmi"
	$returntemp = @()

	foreach ($temp in $t.CurrentTemperature)
	{
	$currentTempKelvin = $temp / 10
	$currentTempCelsius = $currentTempKelvin - 273.15
	$currentTempFahrenheit = (9/5) * $currentTempCelsius + 32
	$returntemp += $currentTempCelsius.ToString() + " C / " + $currentTempFahrenheit.ToString() + " F / " + $currentTempKelvin + "K"

bklockwood / Windows10-Setup.ps1

Last active August 29, 2015 14:27 — forked from NickCraver/Windows10-Setup.ps1

(In Progress) PowerShell Script I use to customize my machines in the same way for privacy, search, UI, etc.

	##################
	# Privacy Settings
	##################

	# Privacy: Let apps use my advertising ID: Disable
	Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo -Name Enabled -Type DWord -Value 0
	# To Restore:
	#Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo -Name Enabled -Type DWord -Value 1
	# Privacy: SmartScreen Filter for Store Apps: Disable
	Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppHost -Name EnableWebContentEvaluation -Type DWord -Value 0

bklockwood / gist:6ac946e92e90e68384cc

Last active August 29, 2015 14:21

Collect Windows install info (simple)

	#replace get-ciminstance with get-wmiobject if using v2

	Get-CimInstance win32_operatingsystem \| ft -autosize `
	CSName, `
	Caption, `
	OSArchitecture, `
	@{Label="RAM, GB"; Expression={[math]::round($_.TotalVisibleMemorySize/1mb, 2)}}

	Get-CimInstance win32_processor \| ft -autosize `
	@{Label="Socket"; Expression={$_.SocketDesignation}}, `

bklockwood / gist:64c171ece8b6a61fbb82

Last active August 29, 2015 14:21

Return disk space and freespace as GB, rounded to 2 decimal places, in powershell

	PS> Get-CimInstance win32_logicaldisk \| foreach-object {write "$($_.caption) $([math]::round(($_.size /1gb),2)), $([math]::round(($_.FreeSpace /1gb),2)) "}


	C: 117.99, 21.12
	D: 59.45, 9.48
	E: 0, 0
	F: 1863.02, 830.57
	G: 7.6, 0.22
	Y: 1862.89, 1409.86

Bryan Lockwood bklockwood