Powershell Scripts

The below PowerShell script will use WebClient to download files from a URL that is requesting basic authentication. #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### $URL="http://yourserver//filetodownload.exe" $DOWNLOADTARGETPATH= "C:\filetodownload.exe" $USER_TO_ACCESS_DOWNLOAD = "YourUserName" $USER_PW = "YourUserPassword" # Force TLS 1.2 ################################### [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true} [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 # Download the file with authentication using webclient [...]

The below PowerShell script will use Invoke-WebRequest to download files from a URL that is requesting basic authentication. #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### $URL="http://yourserver//filetodownload.exe" $DOWNLOADTARGETPATH= "C:\filetodownload.exe" $USER_TO_ACCESS_DOWNLOAD = "YourUserName" $USER_PW = "YourUserPassword" # Forece TLS 1.2 ################################### [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true} [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 # Download the file with authentication using Invoke-WebRequest [...]

The below PowerShell script will Allow you to change the password of the local administrator account. #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### $newpassword = "YourNewPassword" $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop" $hostname = "$env:computername" # Create computer object $computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://$hostname,computer") # Get local users list $userList = $computer.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'user' [...]

The below PowerShell script will demonstrate how to download and unzip files to specific directory. #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### $URL="http://yourserver//yourzipfilename.zip" $downloadtargetpath= "C:\temp\yourzipfilename.zip" $unziptargetpath= "C:\temp" # Forece TLS 1.2 ################################### [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true} [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 # Download the script to C:\temp Directory ########################################### write-host " " write-host "Download the zip [...]

The below PowerShell script will Add any IP you like to the Local Windows Host File for name resolving . #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### $ServerName = "ad01.knowledgeascent.com' $IPofServerName = "10.100.200.50" $file = "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" $hostname = $env:computername # Adding the IP to Local Host File ##################################### function add-host([string]$filename, [string]$ip, [string]$hostname) { [...]

The below PowerShell script will check if SNMP is installed, if it is not installed it will install the service and configure it. #!powershell # Setup Key Values ################################### ## Security Tab $managers = @("localhost","mgt1.knowledgeascent.com") $ReadOnlyCommunities = @("public") $ReadWriteCommunities = @("publicrw") ## Agent Tab $sysContact = "[email protected]" $sysLocation = "KA Data Center" [...]

The below PowerShell script will demonstrate how to rename local guest account. #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$computername = "$env:computername"# Rename Local Guest Account  ###################################$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"# Create computer object$computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://$computerName,computer")# Get local users list$userList = $computer.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'user' }foreach ($user in $userList)  {   # Create a user object in order to [...]

The below PowerShell script will demonstrate how to rename local administrator account. #!powershell# Setup Key Values###################################$computername = "$env:computername" # Rename Local Administrator Account  ###################################$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"# Create computer object$computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://$computerName,computer")# Get local users list$userList = $computer.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'user' }foreach ($user in $userList)  {   # Create a user object in order to [...]

The below PowerShell script will disable local host windows firewall. #!powershell# Disable Firewall#########################write-host " " write-host "Disabling firewall" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile * -Enabled False If you are looking to only opening some ports, below is the script that you should consider. #!powershell# Adding Rules in the Windows Firewall#######################################write-host " " write-host [...]

The below PowerShell script will help change the Windows host time zone to Eastern Standard Time. #!powershell# Change the Timezone to EST###################################write-host " " write-host "Changing Windows Host time zone to Eastern Standard Time" -ForegroundColor Yellowwrite-host " "Set-TimeZone -Name "Eastern Standard Time"