Jeff Hicks jdhitsolutions

I am an IT Pro with 35 years of experience, a multi-year Microsoft MVP, PowerShell author, teacher, and a member of the PowerShell Cmdlet Working Group.

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JDH Information Technology Solutions, Inc.
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https://jdhitsolutions.github.io
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jdhitsolutions / Update-VMNote.ps1

Last active September 23, 2022 22:40

A PowerShell function to get Windows system information from a Hyper-V VM and update the VM's Note with it. First described at http://bit.ly/1OtGxxD.

	#requires -version 4.0
	#requires -module Hyper-V

	Function Update-VMNote {
	<#
	.Synopsis
	Update the Hyper-V VM Note with system information.
	.Description
	This command is designed to update a Hyper-V virtual machine note, for machines running Windows on a publically accessible network, with host information like this:

jdhitsolutions / PSOde.ps1

Created January 23, 2016 14:37

A PowerShell music script that "speaks" for itself.


	<#
	1 = QUARTER NOTE
	1.25 = QUARTER AND HALF
	.5 = EIGHTH NOTE
	.25 = SIXTEENTH NOTE
	2 = HALF NOTE
	#>

	#<duration><note>[<octave>]

jdhitsolutions / PowerShellNap.ps1

Last active February 21, 2022 09:44

An advanced PowerShell function that you can use as an alarm clock while taking a nap.

	#requires -Version 5.1


	Function Start-PSNap {

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Start a PowerShell napping session.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Use this command to start a short napping session. The command will alert you when you nap is up with a chime and a message. You have an option of displaying the message on the screen or having it spoken.

jdhitsolutions / LocalUserInfo.ps1

Last active March 10, 2022 00:15

A PowerShell function that uses ADSI to query for local account information. Read the function help for more details.

	#requires -version 3.0

	<#
	This function has no provision for alternate credentials unless you run
	it with Invoke-Command in a PSSession.
	#>

	Function Get-LocalUser {

	<#

jdhitsolutions / Update-SysinternalsWorkflow.ps1

Last active November 4, 2022 10:51

A demonstration of using a PowerShell workflow as a scripting tool to download the Sysinternals suite of tools.

	#requires -version 4.0

	#https://gist.github.com/jdhitsolutions/f0415db6bc8dc6236fb3

	<#
	A PowerShell workflow to download Sysinternals tools from web to a local folder.

	Last updated: February 15, 2016
	version : 2.1

jdhitsolutions / Get-LocalGroupMember.ps1

Last active December 13, 2022 23:13

A PowerShell function to list members of a local group such as Administrators.

	#requires -version 4.0

	Function Get-LocalGroupMember {

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Get local group membership using ADSI.

	.DESCRIPTION
	This command uses ADSI to connect to a server and enumerate the members of a local group. By default it will retrieve members of the local Administrators group.

jdhitsolutions / Get-LocalGroupMember2.ps1

Last active March 15, 2022 20:52

A revised version of my Get-LocalGroupMember function that has options to use PowerShell remoting.

	#requires -version 4.0


	Function Get-LocalGroupMember {

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Get local group membership using ADSI.

	.DESCRIPTION

jdhitsolutions / Add-ISESelectLineShortcut.ps1

Last active June 8, 2016 18:24

Add a menu shortcut to the PowerShell ISE to select the current line.

	#add an ISE shortcut to select the current line

	#put this in your ISE profile script

	<#
	Microsoft.PowerShell.Host.ISE.ISEMenuItem Add(
	string displayName,
	scriptblock action,
	System.Windows.Input.KeyGesture shortcut
	)

jdhitsolutions / StPatPrompt.ps1

Last active March 17, 2016 15:17

A St. Patrick's Day themed PowerShell Prompt

	#edited for clarity.

	function prompt {
	$message = "$([char]9827) Éirinn go Brách $([char]9827) "
	write-host $message -ForegroundColor green -NoNewline
	"$((Get-Location).Path)>"
	}

jdhitsolutions / ConvertTo-HTMLListing.ps1

Created May 9, 2016 11:42

This command will take the contents of a text file and create an HTML document complete with line numbers.

	#requires -version 3.0

	Function ConvertTo-HTMLListing {

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Convert text file to HTML listing
	.Description
	This command will take the contents of a text file and create an HTML document complete with line numbers. The command does not create an actual file. You would need to pipe to Out-File. See examples.
	There are options to suppress the line numbers and to skip any blank lines. The command is intended to convert one file at a time although you can pipe a file name to the command.

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