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Powershell: Encode and decode Base64 strings

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short post today. How to en- and decode base64 strings.
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Powershell: Passing an array to a script at command line

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starting point is a simple powershell shell script testarray.ps1:
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Powershell: Profile locations

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if you want to customize your environment powershell has ability to load or execute some scripts at startup.

There are 4 files where you can define functions, aliases … The AllHosts variables does not mean Computers. Allhosts is relating to Programs with has an Interface to Powershell, for example Powershell itself, Powershell ISE and so on. While currenthost means a specfic program. The currenthost variables differ from Powershell to Powershell ISE.
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Powershell: Determine the image type (x64/x86) of an exe file

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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.
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Windows: Create a Windows PE boot medium

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I will describe here how to create a Windows PE based boot media, a USB Stick or a boot CD, with some customization:
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  • Language settings
  • Keyboard settings
  • Additional drivers
  • Autostart a program
  • Add Powershell
  • Add .NET Environment
  • Add WMI Support

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