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figueroadavid / Get-ShortPathName.ps1

Created August 29, 2024 15:41

pInvoke function to retrieve 8.3 shortnames in powershell

	function Get-ShortPathName{
	Param([string] $path)

	$MethodDefinition = @'
	[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, EntryPoint = "GetShortPathNameW", SetLastError = true)]
	public static extern int GetShortPathName(string pathName, System.Text.StringBuilder shortName, int cbShortName);
	'@

	$Kernel32 = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $MethodDefinition -Name 'Kernel32' -Namespace 'Win32' -PassThru
	$shortPath = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder(500)

figueroadavid / ConvertFrom-DHCPToStatic.ps1

Created March 6, 2024 19:56

Converts an existing DHCP address configuration to a local static IP configuration

	function ConvertFrom-DHCPToStatic {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	This script takes an existing DHCP configuration and converts it to a static IP configuration
	.DESCRIPTION
	The script uses several functions to retrieve the necessary data from the existing configuration,
	removes that configuration, and installs the new configuration.
	.NOTES
	This script was built with the idea that there will only be one "physical" NIC in the server that is up and
	running when the script is run. It has not been tested in other scenarios

figueroadavid / Backup-ArbitraryPuttyKey.ps1

Created February 29, 2024 23:08

Backs up a user's registry keys for Putty out of HKEY_USERS

	function Backup-ArbitraryWinSCPKey {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	This script backups a user's registry keys for WinSCP
	.DESCRIPTION
	Unlike the Backup-WinSCPKey, this script allows the user to backup an arbitrary user's
	WinSCP key out of HKEY_USERS\<usersid>\Software\Martin Prikryl
	.NOTES
	This does require administrator rights, since the user will be delving into HKEY_USERS.
	.PARAMETER SamAccountName

figueroadavid / Backup-PuttyKey.ps1

Created February 29, 2024 23:08

Back up the current user's regsitry keys for Putty

	function Backup-PuttyKey {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	This script backups a user's registry keys for Putty
	.DESCRIPTION
	This script backs up the user's registry keys for Putty to a specified directory.
	.NOTES
	This script does not require any special rights
	.PARAMETER ExportDirectory
	This is the directory where the exported file will be created.

figueroadavid / Backup-ArbitraryWinSCPkey.ps1

Created February 29, 2024 23:07

Backup a user's registry keys for WinSCP from HKEY_USERS

	function Backup-ArbitraryWinSCPKey {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	This script backups a user's registry keys for WinSCP
	.DESCRIPTION
	Unlike the Backup-WinSCPKey, this script allows the user to backup an arbitrary user's
	WinSCP key out of HKEY_USERS\<usersid>\Software\Martin Prikryl
	.NOTES
	This does require administrator rights, since the user will be delving into HKEY_USERS.
	.PARAMETER SamAccountName

figueroadavid / Backup-WinSCPKey.ps1

Last active February 29, 2024 23:06

Back up the registry keys for WinSCP

	function Backup-WinSCPKey {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	This script backups a user's registry keys for WinSCP
	.DESCRIPTION
	This script backs up the user's registry keys for WinSCP to a specified directory.
	.NOTES
	This script does not require any special rights
	.PARAMETER ExportDirectory
	This is the directory where the exported file will be created.

figueroadavid / Get-UserSid.ps1

Last active February 29, 2024 22:23

Retrieve a user's SID without the AD Module

	function Get-UserSID {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Retrieves a user's security identifier without the need for the ActiveDirectory Module
	.DESCRIPTION
	Retrieves a user's security identifier without the need for the ActiveDirectory Module
	.PARAMETER samAccountName
	The actual samAccountName for the user whose account the SID should be retrieved.
	.PARAMETER Domain
	This is the domain of the account to be checked. It defaults to the domain of the user

figueroadavid / Clear-CitrixDesktopShortcuts.ps1

Created February 1, 2024 12:58

Deletes any desktop shortcuts generated by Citrix Workspace App

	function Clear-CitrixDesktopShortcuts {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Deletes desktop shortcuts that are generated by Citrix Workspace App/Receiver
	.DESCRIPTION
	The script retrieves all of the shortcuts from the user's desktop folder and checks
	each of the .lnk files for a target path that matches 'AppData\Roaming\Citrix\SelfService'.
	If the link file matches, the file is deleted.
	.NOTES
	This uses the wscript.shell object, and the script does release all of the COM objects to prevent memory leaks.

figueroadavid / Get-WTSSessionInformation.ps1

Created January 18, 2024 13:31

Copied from @guyrleech's https://github.com/guyrleech/Microsoft/blob/master/WTSApi.ps1; I added a tiny wrapper for the Add-Type piece

	if (-not ('wtsapi' -as [type])) {
	Add-Type -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -TypeDefinition @'
	using System;
	using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

	public enum WTS_CONNECTSTATE_CLASS
	{
	WTSActive,
	WTSConnected,
	WTSConnectQuery,

figueroadavid / Get-ValidatedCredential.ps1

Created January 18, 2024 13:23

Get-ValidatedCredential - retrieves a credential object, but also validates that it is correct

	Function Get-ValidatedCredential {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Retrieves a credential from the user with the standard Windows dialog, and
	then it validates that the password is correct for the account.

	.DESCRIPTION
	Uses the standard dialog with the option to customize the title, the prompt text, and
	to prefill a domain name and user name. The credential is then tested against the domain
	to validate that the password is correct. If it is not, the user is prompted again.

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