Stephen Valdinger steviecoaster

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I make things, and drink sweet tea

steviecoaster / Get-CurrentWeather.ps1

Last active September 25, 2017 14:17

Current Weather in PS Profile

	Function Get-CurrentWeather {

	#Save this function inside your Powershell Profile. Not sure what that is? Just type in $profile and hit enter in your PS Console!
	#File doesn't exist? That's OK, use Powershell to create it!
	#New-Item -File -Path $env:USERPROFILE\Documents\WindowsPowershell\ -Value $profile

	#Give your script a voice!
	Add-Type -assemblyname System.Speech
	$speech = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer

steviecoaster / Invoke-SessionLog.ps1

Last active November 8, 2017 18:50

Automatically create a transcript of your Powershell Session. Keeps 7 days worth of history by default

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Automatically create transcript of your Powershell session.

	.DESCRIPTION
	Add this function to your Powershell Profile and call it with Invoke-SessionLog -Logpath \some\path to automatically keep
	session history each time you open up powershell.

	.EXAMPLE
	Invoke-SessionLog -LogPath C:\PSLogs -DaysToKeep 7

steviecoaster / PCQuery.ps1

Last active June 1, 2018 20:24

Query for file

	$Computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * \| Select Name
	$file = /path/to/file

	Foreach($c in $computers) {
	#Uncomment to use UNC
	If((Test-Path "\\$($c.Name)\C$\$file")){
	#uncomment to use remoting
	#If(Invoke-Command -Computer $c.Name -Command { (Test-Path $args[0])} -ArgumentList $file){

	[pscustomobject]$cDetail = [ordered]@{

steviecoaster / New-RandomDataset.ps1

Last active July 17, 2018 15:11

Generate random datasets using the wonderful NameIT powershell module

	Function New-RandomDataset {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Generate random data for use in testing, demonstrations, etc.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Using the NameIT module, generate random data exported to a CSV file

	.PARAMETER Count
	The number of items in your dataset
	.PARAMETER CSVPAth

steviecoaster / New-SocialInteraction.ps1

Created July 20, 2018 17:32

Explaining Conversations with my Wife in Powershell

	Function New-SocialInteraction {
	[cmdletBinding()]
	Param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory, Positon = 0)]
	[String]$Person,
	[Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 1)]
	[String]$Topic
	)

	New-PSDrive -Name Brain -PSProvider FileSystem -Root Noggin

steviecoaster / New-LMGTFYLink.ps1

Last active July 25, 2018 02:34

Generates a LMGTFY link from a string, and copies to clipboard.

	Function New-LMGTFYLink {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Generates a Let Me Google That For You url from entered query

	.PARAMETER Query
	String to be searched for

	.EXAMPLE
	New-LMGTFY -Query "Why is the sky blue?"

steviecoaster / Find-Service.ps1

Created August 16, 2018 01:02

	Function Find-Service {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Find a specified service on remote endpoints

	.PARAMETER Computername
	The remote endpoint(s) to query

	.PARAMETER ServiceDisplayName
	The Display Name of the service to query

steviecoaster / VM with DynamicParam.ps1

Created August 16, 2018 16:05

	Function Test-VM {
	[cmdletBinding()]
	Param(
	[Parameter]
	[string]
	$dummy
	)
	#Dynamic Params require [CmdletBinding()], but are defined on their own outside the main Param() block
	DynamicParam {
	$ParameterName = 'VM'

steviecoaster / Get-UserProfileSize.ps1

Last active September 26, 2018 01:19

User Folder Size

	function Get-UserProfileSize {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Gather profile sizes on a computer

	.DESCRIPTION
	Returns the size of a user profile on a given computername

	.PARAMETER IncludeSpecial
	Includes built-in accounts in the object

steviecoaster / Send-CatFact.ps1

Created October 9, 2018 21:41

Send a random cat fact to a computer

	function Send-CatFactMessage {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Send a cat fact to users on a computer.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Send a random cat fact to any number of computers and all users or a specific user. Supports credential passing.
	.EXAMPLE
	Send-CatFactMessage -PlayAudio
	Sends cat fact message to all users on localhost and outputs fact through speakers.
	.EXAMPLE