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Looking at modifying the registry on a virtual machine while its offline. I mount the VHDX file and can run this to load the registry PS> reg load HKLM\VHDSYS h:\windows\system32\config\system The operation completed successfully. If I perform...
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In the previous post we looked at how to read the mounted device information. The data is in binary though – if you want it readable and not all of it is readable – try this $data = @( ) Get-Item -Path HKLM:\SYSTEM\MountedDevices | select -ExpandProperty...
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Interesting question about reading the registry. How do you read HKLM:\SYSTEM\MountedDevices and pull out the name of the device and the associated data. Get-Item -Path HKLM:\SYSTEM\MountedDevices returns data of this form Name ...
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Summary : Guest blogger, Niklas Goude, talks about using Windows PowerShell to decrypt LSA Secrets from the registry to gain access to domain admin rights. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have the exciting conclusion to the Security...
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Summary : Microsoft premier field engineer, Jason Walker, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to get a history of USB drive usage. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was talking to Jason Walker at the Charlotte Windows PowerShell User Group...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows to use the PowerShell registry provider to easily modify registry property values. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is finally the weekend. It seems like it has been a rather long week...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to enumerate all the properties and their values under a registry key. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question. It seems that getting the property values under a registry...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create new registry keys on remote systems by using remoting. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to create registry keys on a number of remote servers. I do not want to use the Registry Editor to do this because...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to create new registry keys on local and remote computers. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am often required to create new registry keys on our computers. One of the reasons for this...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to back up system state prior to making changes to the registry. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Windows PowerShell to work with the registry, but everything I see talks about backing up the registry...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell registry provider to simplify access to registry keys and properties. Hey, Scripting Guy! I know that I am not supposed to mess around with the Registry on my computer...
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How would I find out the currently logged on user on a remote machine ? And how can I remotely access another person's HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive? Here are some tricks you may want to try... Who's Logged On? To find out who's logged on to another machine, you could use WMI and check...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to find and remove registry entries from remote systems. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It seems that weekends go faster and faster these days. For one thing...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to edit the registry on multiple remote computers with one command. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The PowerShell Essentials for the Busy Admin series was...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to edit the registry on remote computers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. In Wednesday’s PowerShell Essentials live meeting presentation, one of the...