d4rkeagle65’s gists

d4rkeagle65 / Disable-Win10CDM.ps1

Created January 2, 2020 15:49

Small PowerShell script to disable Windows Content Delivery Management, allowing apps to be uninstalled permanently.

	$reg_cdm = '\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager'
	$keys = Get-Item -Path ("HKCU:"+$reg_cdm))
	$keys.GetValueNames() \| Foreach-Object {
	If ($keys.GetValueKind($_) -eq 'DWord') {
	Set-ItemProperty -Path ('HKCU:'+$reg_cdm) -Name $_ -Value 0 -Force
	}
	}

d4rkeagle65 / Quick-LDAPS-CertAuth.ps1

Last active September 14, 2022 16:21

Quick Setup of a Certificate Authority with a Certificate Template created and published to AD for Server Authentication to enable and allow for LDAPS to be setup.

	# Some Sources:
	#https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/pkiclient/export-certificate?view=win10-ps
	#https://powershell.org/forums/topic/certificate-templates-add-catemplate-problems/

	#Run as Admin

	$caName = "LDAPS-Server-Auth"
	$cryptoProvider = "RSA#Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider"
	$keyLength = 2048
	$hashAlgorithm = 'SHA256'

d4rkeagle65 / Quick-RDS-Server.ps1

Created March 19, 2020 21:45

Powershell script to setup a quick standalone RDS server.

	# Install Powershell Modules
	Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force
	Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-PowerShell

	# Install RDS Server Features
	Add-WindowsFeature –Name RDS-Gateway –IncludeAllSubFeature
	Add-WindowsFeature –Name RDS-Connection-Broker –IncludeAllSubFeature
	Get-WindowsFeature \| ? { $_.Name -match "RDS-Licensing\|RDS-RD-Server" } \| Install-WindowsFeature –IncludeAllSubFeature

	# Set Firewall and Service Settings for RD

d4rkeagle65 / setup-pcap-trace.ps1

Last active April 6, 2020 16:27

Sets up a wireshark capture outputting to a file, using tshark and a windows service that can be started/stopped.

	$svcName = "WiresharkPCAPTrace"
	$outFile = "C:\ProgramData\WiresharkPCAPTrace.pcapng"

	if (Get-Service -Name $svcName -ea SilentlyContinue) {
	Write-Host "The pcap service has already been added to this system. Proceeding with removal and recreation"
	$service = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "Name='$svcName'"
	$service.Delete() \| Out-Null
	}
	$fspace = Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk \| Where {$_.DeviceID -like "C:"} \| Select @{Name="FreeSpaceGB"; Expression={[math]::round($_.FreeSpace/1GB, 2)}}
	if ($fspace.FreeSpaceGB -lt "10.00") {

d4rkeagle65 / ESXi-QuickSNMPEnable.sh

Created April 16, 2020 15:04

Run these commands on an VMWare vSphere host to enable SNMP and restrict it to be accessed for read only by a IP address.

	esxcli system snmp set --communities public
	esxcli system snmp set --enable true
	esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --allowed-all false
	esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip add --ruleset-id snmp --ip-address <IPAddress Of SNMP Manager>
	esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --enabled true
	/etc/init.d/snmpd restart

d4rkeagle65 / ESXi-UpgradeTo6.7.0.sh

Created April 16, 2020 15:06

Run these commands on a VMWare vSphere host to upgrade it to 6.7.0

	esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml \| grep ESXi-6.7.0-20
	vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter
	esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
	esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-6.7.0-20191204001-standard
	reboot
	vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

d4rkeagle65 / Get-OfflineEvents.ps1

Created May 21, 2020 14:06

Powershell script to get Sleep, Wake, Shutdown, Restart, Wireless/Wired Connection & Disconnect Events from the Eventlog. I will clean this up in the future, but wanted to record it quickly for the moment.

	param( $Newest = 10 )

	function Parse-EventLogEntry
	{
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
	[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntry[]]
	$eventInfo
	)

d4rkeagle65 / posh_sendSMTPEmail.ps1

Created June 9, 2020 16:05

Send an email with or without SSL via powershell.

	# Sender and Recipient Info
	$MailFrom = "[email protected]"
	$MailTo = "[email protected]"

	# Sender Credentials
	$Username = ""
	$Password = ""

	# Server Info
	$SmtpServer = ""

d4rkeagle65 / Invoke-WANDownloadSpeedTest.ps1

Last active June 23, 2020 15:06

Runs a speed test to the closest few speedtest.net servers and returns the highest result.

	Function Invoke-SpeedTest {
	param (
	$Server
	)

	$topServerUrlSpilt = $Server -split 'upload'
	$url = $topServerUrlSpilt[0] + 'random2000x2000.jpg'
	$wc = New-Object system.net.WebClient
	$wc.QueryString = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection
	$downloadElaspedTime = (Measure-Command {$webpage1 = $wc.DownloadData($url)}).totalseconds

d4rkeagle65 / Get-WLANSignalStrength.ps1

Created June 23, 2020 15:19

((netsh wlan show interfaces) -Match '^\s+Signal' -Replace '^\s+Signal\s+:\s+','') -Replace '%',''