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Summary : Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented yesterday. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script yesterday to gather Windows services...
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02-01-2012
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, operating system, performance, security, guest blogger, services, writing, Georges Maheu
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Summary : Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, opens his security assessment toolbox to discuss a Windows PowerShell script he uses to look at Windows services. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu . Georges is...
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01-31-2012
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, operating system, performance, security, guest blogger, permissions, services, writing, Georges Maheu
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Summary : Learn how to modify a Windows PowerShell script and turn it into an advanced function that accepts piped input and has complete Help. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Some things end up being way more complicated than they might...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to determine who has permissions to a shared folder. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is finally the weekend here in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United...
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Summary : Superhero BATCHman restores NTFS security permissions using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well, it is time once again for BATCHman. This time, it is Episode 12. Take it away, Sean. When the digital crash In a blink...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to convert security descriptors to different formats. Hey, Scripting Guy! I was reading through a listing of WMI methods recently, and I ran across a WMI class that looks interesting— Win32_SecurityDescriptorHelper...
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Today’s fun involves adding a menu item to the PowerShell ISE to make it easy to sign your scripts. I’m not going to go into the details about getting and installing a code signing certificate. I also assume you only … Continue reading...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to parse the Windows Firewall log. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering about the firewall log on my computer. I was in a hotel recently, and I noticed that the network adapter...
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While talking with friends, I recently learned of some passwords being accessible in plain text in one of the applications that many of us have used at one point or another. As time goes on and we have more and more hacked accounts and security breaches...
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<# .SYNOPSIS A function to create a credential object from script. .DESCRIPTION Enables you to create a credential objects from stored details. .NOTES File Name : New-Credential.ps1 Author ...
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In almost all of my trainings I get this question: "Can I launch a program remotely so another user can actually see it?" To answer that question, I'd like to take you on a quick security tour and provide you with a test tool that may or may not produce surprising results in your environment...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and Microsoft .NET classes to find expired certificates on local and remote computers. Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell and the .NET Framework classes to work with certificates? -- PB Hello...
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Summary: Learn how to use jobs to run parallel queries, remove objects from active memory, work with text files and use the Get-Member Cmdlet to go behind the scenes of PowerShell commands in this edition of Quick Hits Friday. In this Post: Use Jobs to...
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01-14-2011
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In almost every training I give, a question pops up: "How can I have a normal user run elevated processes?" The easy answer to this is: "You can't, unless you hand over an Administrator password to them". Encrypting Passwords - The Problem The basic challenge with Windows systems...
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Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys discuss adding Run As capability to VBScript and using Windows PowerShell to run VBScript. Also discussed: Searching for multiple extensions, and creating a local account and adding it to the local administrators...
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09-17-2010
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, VBScript, security, troubleshooting, Quick-Hits Friday, running, permissions