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fearthecowboy / context.json

Created May 27, 2015 20:58

Context Document for Swidtag

 {"@context":{"xs":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#","swid":"http://standards.iso.org/iso/19770/-2/2015/schema.xsd#","discovery":"http://packagemanagement.org/discovery#","installation":"http://packagemanagement.org/installation#","Link":{"@id":"swid:Link","@container":"@index"},
     "link":{"@id":"swid:Link","@container":"@index"},
     "href":{"@id":"swid:href","@type":"swid:@id"},
     "Directory":{"@id":"swid:Directory","@container":"@index"},
     "directory":{"@id":"swid:Directory","@container":"@index"},
     "name":{"@id":"swid:name","@type":"xs:string"},
     "File":{"@id":"swid:File","@container":"@index"},
     "file":{"@id":"swid:File","@container":"@index"},
     "Entity":{"@id":"swid:Entity","@container":"@index"},
     "entity":{"@id":"swid:Entity","@container":"@index"},

fearthecowboy / inconsolata.ps1

Created May 4, 2015 21:40

Add Inconsolata font as an option in console windows

	# Get the incosolata font from https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/master/ofl/inconsolata
	Set-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont' -Name 000 -value Inconsolata

fearthecowboy / Test.cs

Created April 13, 2015 16:56

Show how ToArray() with Distinct isn't good

	void Main()
	{

	Console.WriteLine("\r\n==== Distinct() without ToArray()====");
	var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
	var results = Results().Distinct();
	ProcessResults(results,stopwatch);

	Console.WriteLine("\r\n==== Distinct() with ToArray()====");
	stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();

fearthecowboy / remap-capslock.reg

Created March 3, 2015 15:24

Remap Capslock key to act as a Windows Key (import into registry and reboot)

	Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

	[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
	"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,5b,e0,3a,00,00,00,00,00

fearthecowboy / comcast-find-bad-accounts.ps1

Created February 5, 2015 18:01

Comcast should totally run this on their account database

	function lookup-account {
	param( [string]$word )

	# fill in this function
	# you should probably do a search on your account database, checking if the $word is found
	# in any of the fields

	# if( $account -like "$word" ) {
	# return $account
	# }

fearthecowboy / associate-powershell.ps1

Last active July 11, 2025 12:48

Make PowerShell scripts runnable from anywhere ( ie, CMD.EXE, Explorer, Run Dialog, etc)

	#==============================================================================
	# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
	# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	# You may obtain a copy of the License at
	# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	#
	# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
	# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
	# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

fearthecowboy / elevate.ps1

Last active September 3, 2019 11:34

Better elevation script for powershell

	#
	# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
	# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	# You may obtain a copy of the License at
	# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	#
	# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
	# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
	# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

fearthecowboy / example.msbuild.xml

Created January 6, 2015 15:32

Super Simple PowerShell task for MSBuild.

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
	<!-- @FearTheCowboy's Simple PowerShell Task for MSBuild -->
	<UsingTask TaskName="PowerShell" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll">
	<ParameterGroup><ScriptBlock ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" /></ParameterGroup>
	<Task><Reference Include="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll"/><Code Type="Class" Language="cs"><![CDATA[
	public class PowerShell : Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Exec {
	public string ScriptBlock {set { EchoOff=true; Command = string.Format( "@powershell \"Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {{ $errorActionPreference='Stop'; {0} ; exit $LASTEXITCODE }} \"", value.Replace("\"","\"\"").Replace("\r\n",";").Replace("\n",";").Replace("\r",";")); } }
	}]]></Code></Task>
	</UsingTask>

fearthecowboy / project.xml

Created January 6, 2015 01:38

Fixing wixproj file to work inside VS

	<!-- When you use variable-based <BindInputPaths>
	you have to make sure that you add <InProject>false</InProject> in the element
	otherwise, VS tries to expand out the values and fails.
	-->

	<ItemGroup>
	<BindInputPaths Include="$(OutputPath)">
	<InProject>false</InProject>
	</BindInputPaths>
	<BindInputPaths Include="$(SolutionDir)">

fearthecowboy / ResourcesWithNativeFns.cs

Last active August 29, 2015 14:12

Very Type-safe APIs for getting at resources in a PE file

	//
	// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
	// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	// You may obtain a copy of the License at
	// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	//
	// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
	// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
	// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

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