Tag PowerShell

Run on client machine to see the status of user profiles on a Windows10 machine

Type the following PowerShell command :

gwmi win32_userprofile | select localpath, roamingpath, status

# Out puts computer accounts including status Enabled True or False
# Targets a specific OU
# Lists computer names

# OU Variable to set
$OU_HotWiredUK_location = “OU=Computers,OU=HotWiredHQ,OU=UK,DC=test,DC=com”

# Out put CSV to c:\scripts\…
Get-ADComputer -Properties * -Filter * -SearchBase $OU_HotWiredUK_location | Select Enabled, Name, DistinguishedName | export-csv C:\Scripts\OU_HotWiredUK_location.csv

#DSQuery

dsquery user -name “*” -limit 0 | dsget user -samid -hmdir -hmdrv -profile >c:\temp\usersV2.txt

#PowerShell # More flexibility # Includes the state of the computer account (Enable or Disabled)

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Property Name,CanonicalName,CN,DisplayName,DistinguishedName,HomeDirectory, HomeDrive,SamAccountName,UserPrincipalName | export-csv -path (Join-Path $pwd HomeDrive.csv) -encoding ascii -NoTypeInformation

 import-module activedirectory

#List all users in the domain

# Display Name and Email Address

get-aduser -Filter *  -SearchBase “dc=Test,dc=com” -Properties Displayname,emailaddress | select displayname ,emailaddress | Export-Csv C:\temp\users_and_email.csv   

# Get a list of users which have logged on to the domain in the last 7 days

$Date = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)

Get-ADUser -Filter {LastLogonDate -gt $Date} | Select distinguishedName

# script to find all AD users who have the “cannot change password” box checked in a specific OU

# Windows Server 2016

# Powershell

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties CannotChangePassword -SearchBase “OU=specificOU,DC=TEST,DC=com” | where { $_.CannotChangePassword -eq “true” } | Format-Table Name, DistinguishedName

Recently I came across this post. As a VMware admin, you often want to create an ISO as a quick method to copy files or installation files to a VM.

Ben Liebowitz shows how to create an ISO of large files with PowerShell. For the full post use the link below

http://thelowercasew.com/create-an-iso-file-with-powershell

All credit to Ben Liebowitz for this script

This is a copy of function to use incase the link above fails :

function itself:

#Get-Help About-Classesfunction New-IsoFile
{
<# .Synopsis Creates a new .iso file .Description The New-IsoFile cmdlet creates a new .iso file containing content from chosen folders .Example New-IsoFile “c:\tools”,”c:Downloads\utils” This command creates a .iso file in $env:temp folder (default location) that contains c:\tools and c:\downloads\utils folders. The folders themselves are included at the root of the .iso image. .Example New-IsoFile -FromClipboard -Verbose Before running this command, select and copy (Ctrl-C) files/folders in Explorer first. .Example dir c:\WinPE | New-IsoFile -Path c:\temp\WinPE.iso -BootFile “${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\Oscdimg\efisys.bin” -Media DVDPLUSR -Title “WinPE” This command creates a bootable .iso file containing the content from c:\WinPE folder, but the folder itself isn’t included. Boot file etfsboot.com can be found in Windows ADK. Refer to IMAPI_MEDIA_PHYSICAL_TYPE enumeration for possible media types: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366217(v=vs.85).aspx .Notes NAME: New-IsoFile AUTHOR: Chris Wu LASTEDIT: 03/23/2016 14:46:50 #>

[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName=’Source’)]Param(
[parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true, ParameterSetName=’Source’)]$Source,
[parameter(Position=2)][string]$Path = “$env:temp\$((Get-Date).ToString(‘yyyyMMdd-HHmmss.ffff’)).iso”,
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -PathType Leaf})][string]$BootFile = $null,
[ValidateSet(‘CDR’,’CDRW’,’DVDRAM’,’DVDPLUSR’,’DVDPLUSRW’,’DVDPLUSR_DUALLAYER’,’DVDDASHR’,’DVDDASHRW’,’DVDDASHR_DUALLAYER’,’DISK’,’DVDPLUSRW_DUALLAYER’,’BDR’,’BDRE’)][string] $Media = ‘DVDPLUSRW_DUALLAYER’,
[string]$Title = (Get-Date).ToString(“yyyyMMdd-HHmmss.ffff”),
[switch]$Force,
[parameter(ParameterSetName=’Clipboard’)][switch]$FromClipboard
)

Begin {
($cp = new-object System.CodeDom.Compiler.CompilerParameters).CompilerOptions = ‘/unsafe’
if (!(‘ISOFile’ -as [type])) {
Add-Type -CompilerParameters $cp -TypeDefinition @’
public class ISOFile
{
public unsafe static void Create(string Path, object Stream, int BlockSize, int TotalBlocks)
{
int bytes = 0;
byte[] buf = new byte[BlockSize];
var ptr = (System.IntPtr)(&bytes);
var o = System.IO.File.OpenWrite(Path);
var i = Stream as System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream;

if (o != null) {
while (TotalBlocks– > 0) {
i.Read(buf, BlockSize, ptr); o.Write(buf, 0, bytes);
}
o.Flush(); o.Close();
}
}
}
‘@
}

if ($BootFile) {
if(‘BDR’,’BDRE’ -contains $Media) { Write-Warning “Bootable image doesn’t seem to work with media type $Media” }
($Stream = New-Object -ComObject ADODB.Stream -Property @{Type=1}).Open() # adFileTypeBinary
$Stream.LoadFromFile((Get-Item -LiteralPath $BootFile).Fullname)
($Boot = New-Object -ComObject IMAPI2FS.BootOptions).AssignBootImage($Stream)
}

$MediaType = @(‘UNKNOWN’,’CDROM’,’CDR’,’CDRW’,’DVDROM’,’DVDRAM’,’DVDPLUSR’,’DVDPLUSRW’,’DVDPLUSR_DUALLAYER’,’DVDDASHR’,’DVDDASHRW’,’DVDDASHR_DUALLAYER’,’DISK’,’DVDPLUSRW_DUALLAYER’,’HDDVDROM’,’HDDVDR’,’HDDVDRAM’,’BDROM’,’BDR’,’BDRE’)

Write-Verbose -Message “Selected media type is $Media with value $($MediaType.IndexOf($Media))”
($Image = New-Object -com IMAPI2FS.MsftFileSystemImage -Property @{VolumeName=$Title}).ChooseImageDefaultsForMediaType($MediaType.IndexOf($Media))

if (!($Target = New-Item -Path $Path -ItemType File -Force:$Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Write-Error -Message “Cannot create file $Path. Use -Force parameter to overwrite if the target file already exists.”; break }
}

Process {
if($FromClipboard) {
if($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 5) { Write-Error -Message ‘The -FromClipboard parameter is only supported on PowerShell v5 or higher’; break }
$Source = Get-Clipboard -Format FileDropList
}

foreach($item in $Source) {
if($item -isnot [System.IO.FileInfo] -and $item -isnot [System.IO.DirectoryInfo]) {
$item = Get-Item -LiteralPath $item
}

if($item) {
Write-Verbose -Message “Adding item to the target image: $($item.FullName)”
try { $Image.Root.AddTree($item.FullName, $true) } catch { Write-Error -Message ($_.Exception.Message.Trim() + ‘ Try a different media type.’) }
}
}
}

End {
if ($Boot) { $Image.BootImageOptions=$Boot }
$Result = $Image.CreateResultImage()
[ISOFile]::Create($Target.FullName,$Result.ImageStream,$Result.BlockSize,$Result.TotalBlocks)
Write-Verbose -Message “Target image ($($Target.FullName)) has been created”
$Target
}
}

Ben goes on to share how he was able to create a variable for the source data, and use get-childitem to get that location and pipe that to creating the ISO. See below:

How to get a list of computer objects in an active directory OU ( tested against Windows 2016 Active Directory )

A quick PowerShell script using Get-ADComputer  command, a wild card filter and a search base pointing to a specific OU

First import modules for active directory in powershell

Copy and edit the script below:

## cmd

## dsquery computer -name servername (server name in the OU to get the OU path)

#Example lists domain controller in test.com

#Export list of names to CSV

Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase “OU=Domain Controllers,DC=test,DC=com” | Select Name | export-csv C:\temp\DCs.csv

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How to Get the permission on folders:
PowerShell:
Get-ChildItem | Get-ACL
Path | Owner | Access

or more in depth use:

GUI based : Run AccessEnum against the drive or folder – (SysInternals tool) and save to text file (Run as administrator or a specific user)

Who is logged on via the resource shares:
Launch cmd and run PSLoggedon (SysInternals tool)
Displays :
1) Users logged on locally
2) Users logged on via resource shares

List TCP and UDP Endpoints connected
Run TCPView application (SysInternals tool) and save to text file

Ever need to identify the before and after changes in Active Directory
Use : ADExplorer (SystInternals tool)

Download Sysinternals 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite

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#Import AD modules

import-module servermanager
Add-WindowsFeature -Name “RSAT-AD-PowerShell” -IncludeAllSubFeature

#List AD user accounts and show DisplayName, Email, Title and export to CSV

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties DisplayName, EmailAddress, Title | select DisplayName, EmailAddress, Title | Export-CSV “C:\temp\Email_Addresses.csv”

#List AD user accounts and show DisplayName, Email, Title and export to CSV. Advanced filter to show ENABLED accounts only

Get-ADUser -Filter {Enabled -eq $true} -Properties DisplayName, SamAccountName, EmailAddress, Enabled, DistinguishedName | select DisplayName, SamAccountName, EmailAddress, Enabled, DistinguishedName | Export-CSV “C:\temp\Email_Addresses_allusers.csv”

#List AD user accounts and show DisplayName, Email, Title and export to CSV. Advanced filter to show ENABLED accounts only and email address ending @test.com

Get-ADUser -Filter {(Enabled -eq $true) -And (EmailAddress -Like “*@test.com”)} -Properties DisplayName, SamAccountName, EmailAddress, Enabled, DistinguishedName | select DisplayName, SamAccountName, EmailAddress, Enabled, DistinguishedName | Export-CSV “C:\temp\Email_Addresses_testdomain.csv”