HostUtilities

1.1.2.6

A collection of utilities to help automate administration tasks on a local host.

Minimum PowerShell version

3.0

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name HostUtilities -RequiredVersion 1.1.2.6

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Install-PSResource -Name HostUtilities -Version 1.1.2.6

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Owners

Copyright

(c) 2017 BAMCIS. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Michael Haken

Tags

PortScan Kerberos ACL Disk DynamicParameters Hashtable WMI DiskFree LocalGroup Token Parallel Runspace

Functions

Reset-WindowsUpdate Get-GroupsFromToken Update-TokenGroupMembership Start-WithImpersonation Enable-WinRM New-EmptyTestFile Start-PortScan Remove-JavaInstallations Get-RegistryKeyEntries Enable-TaskSchedulerHistory Start-KerberosTraceLog Stop-KerberosTraceLog Test-IsLocalAdmin Write-CCMLogFormat Get-IPv6ConfigurationOptions Get-ProcessToken Set-ProcessToken Reset-ProcessToken Get-LsaSecret ConvertFrom-Xml Get-WebHistory Get-UserProfiles ConvertTo-HtmlTable Test-Port Set-AutoLogon Set-FileSecurity Set-Owner Test-RegistryKeyProperty ForEach-ObjectParallel Invoke-CommandInNewRunspace Get-WindowsActivationInformation Set-CertificatePrivateKeyAccess New-GptVolume Where-NotMatchIn Get-AccountSid Get-AccountTranslatedNTName Convert-SecureStringToString Get-LocalGroupMembers Add-DomainMemberToLocalGroup Get-PSExecutionPolicy Test-PendingReboots Test-Credentials Write-Log Set-UAC Set-IEESC Set-OpenFileSecurityWarning Get-LocalFQDNHostname Set-Pagefile Set-HighPerformancePowerPlan Get-NETVersion Set-NET461InstallBlock Start-ProcessWait Get-FileVersion Disable-SSLv3 Test-PackageInstallation Get-WebPackage Start-PackageInstallation Set-RunOnceScript Extract-ZipFile New-RandomPassword New-EncryptedPassword Get-EncryptedPassword Get-CertificateSAN Get-DiskFree Invoke-ForceDelete Invoke-Using Invoke-WmiRepositoryRebuild Merge-Hashtables ConvertTo-Hashtable Get-PropertyValue Get-UnboundParameterValue Import-UnboundParameterCode New-DynamicParameter Set-NetAdapterDnsSuffix Get-NetAdapterErrorCode

Dependencies

Release Notes

*1.1.2.6
Updated the Set-NetAdapterDnsSuffix cmdlet to use CIM cmdlets.

*1.1.2.5
Added the Set-NetAdapterDnsSuffix and Get-NetAdapterErrorCode cmdlets.

*1.1.2.4
Minor updates to New-DynamicParameter cmdlet.

*1.1.2.3
Fixed bug in New-DynamicParameter.

*1.1.2.2
Updated parameter validation for ValidateSet on New-DynamicParameter.

*1.1.2.1
Fixed bugs with the New-DyanmicParameter cmdlet parameters.

*1.1.2.0
Added the Get-PropertyValue, Get-UnboundParameterValue, Import-UnboundParameterCode, and New-DynamicParameter cmdlets.

*1.1.1.2
Changed the parameter of ConvertTo-Hashtable from ExcludedKeys to Exclude.

*1.1.1.1
Added the ConvertTo-Hashtable cmdlet.

*1.1.1.0
Added the Merge-Hashtables cmdlet. Changed Start-TaskSchedulerHistory to Enable-TaskSchedulerHistory (left an alias for Start-). Added alias "using" to Invoke-Using.

*1.1.0.2
Updated the progress notification for ForEach-ObjectParallel.

*1.1.0.1
Added the Invoke-WmiRepositoryRebuild cmdlet.

*1.1.0.0
Updated the Start-ProcessWait cmdlet and moved the ESENT cmdlets to their own module, which is now a dependency for this module.

*1.0.0.17
Updated manifest file.

*1.0.0.16
Updated the Convert-SecureStringToString cmdlet and added the Invoke-Using cmdlet.

*1.0.0.15
Allowed paths supplied to Invoke-ForceDelete to be dot sourced or relative.

*1.0.0.14
Added the Invoke-ForceDelete function.

*1.0.0.13
Added the Get-DiskFree function.

*1.0.0.12
Added the Get-CertificateSAN function.

*1.0.0.11
Changed the name of the Get-Package function to Get-WebPackage in order to deconflict the function name with MS provided functions in Server 2016.

*1.0.0.10
Updated how errors are displayed on Set-FileSecurity.

*1.0.0.9
Changed the path parameter for Set-Owner to a single string instead of an array. Modified Set-FileSecurity to use the SetAccessControl() method instead of Set-Acl. Added the $script:LocalNames value to use with Get-AccountSid and Get-AccountTranslatedNTName.

*1.0.0.8
Fixed a bug in the Extract-ZipFile cmdlet and the NoOverWrite parameter.

*1.0.0.7
Fixed a logic error in Write-Log

*1.0.0.6
Added Functions:

Extract-ZipFile
New-RandomPassword
New-EncryptedPassword
Get-EncryptedPassword
Enable-TaskSchedulerHistory

*1.0.0.5
Removed function:
Add-DomainUserToLocalGroup (renamed to Add-DomainMemberToLocalGroup with additonal parameters)

Added numerous additional functions:

Where-NotMatchIn
Get-AccountSid
Get-AccountTranslatedNTName
Convert-SecureStringToString
Get-LocalGroupMembers
Add-DomainMemberToLocalGroup
Get-PSExecutionPolicy
Test-PendingReboots
Test-Credentials
Write-Log
Set-UAC
Set-IEESC
Set-OpenFileSecurityWarning
Get-LocalFQDNHostname
Set-Pagefile
Set-HighPerformancePowerPlan
Get-NETVersion
Set-NET461InstallBlock
Start-ProcessWait
Get-FileVersion
Disable-SSLv3
Test-PackageInstallation
Get-Package
Start-PackageInstallation
Set-RunOnceScript

Almost all of these functions use the Write-Log function. This function can be set to use a parameter pointing to a path or you can use something like [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("LogPath", "c:\log.txt", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine) to enable logging to the path.

FileList

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.1.3.1 14,588 10/24/2017
1.1.3.0 37 10/24/2017
1.1.2.6 (current version) 216 10/3/2017
1.1.2.5 32 10/2/2017
1.1.2.3 253 9/6/2017
1.1.2.2 22 9/6/2017
1.1.2.1 216 8/24/2017
1.1.1.2 36 8/22/2017
1.1.1.1 32 8/21/2017
1.1.1.0 22 8/21/2017
1.1.0.1 347 7/6/2017
1.1.0.0 60 6/27/2017
1.0.0.17 79 6/22/2017
1.0.0.13 525 4/20/2017
1.0.0.12 175 3/31/2017
1.0.0.11 210 3/4/2017
1.0.0.10 60 3/3/2017
1.0.0.9 31 3/3/2017
1.0.0.8 49 3/3/2017
1.0.0.7 20 3/3/2017
1.0.0.6 31 3/2/2017
1.0.0.5 23 3/2/2017
1.0.0.3 187 1/15/2017
1.0.0.2 30 1/11/2017
1.0.0.1 39 1/5/2017
1.0.0.0 74 11/14/2016
0.0.0.9 191 4/26/2016
0.0.0.8 41 3/31/2016
0.0.0.7 30 3/27/2016
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