Category Archives: Windows Scripts

Sample Script to manage Windows

Powershell: Install a nupkg module offline

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the powershell gallery offers a lot of modules for online installation. It’s also possible to download a nupkg file of that module and install it offline.
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Powershell: Define a x509 certificate in a script

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the best way to store a certificate in a powershell script is in an byte array. But how to get such a byte array as string from an existing certificate?
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Windows: Set or edit environment variable from powershell

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powershell can set,edit or delete environment variables as well as cmd.exe command line interpreter.
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Powershell: Convert a string into a securestring and back to plaintext

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.Net and therefore the powershell has the ability to define a secure string. This means that the string is immediately deleted from memory if it is no longer needed.
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Windows: Get, set or change the network access type or network category

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to get and the network access type and the network category use the powershell commandlets Continue reading Windows: Get, set or change the network access type or network category