Sample Script to manage Windows
Hi,
based on this stackoverflow post I’ve written a powershell function to determine the image type of an Windows executable. The Powershells System.IO.FileSystemInfo type does not provide such an info.
Continue reading Powershell: Determine the image type (x64/x86) of an exe file
Hi,
verifing of a file is often done by builting an MD5 or an sha256 hash over it.
Powershell has no “builtin” functions for this purposes.
So I wrote some 🙂
Continue reading Powershell: md5sum and sha256sum Functions
Hi,
in Windows, local group policies could applied through the Group Policy Editor or simply by setting the Registry Keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies and its equivalent in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
Unfortunataly when just set the Registry Keys this isn’t shown in the GPO Editor and it’s hard to find the equivalent section and setting there.
Continue reading Windows: Resolve Policy Registry Keys to Group Policy Editor Entries (and vice versa)
Hi,
since Windows 10 the command wuauclt /detectnow does not work anymore.
Continue reading Windows 10: Trigger detecting updates from command line
Hi,
this Powershell script is a try to protect your privacy in Windows 10.
Update 17.08.2016: Lot of adjustment to Windows 10 1607. Added more documentation
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