select @{ Name = "CollCount"; Expression = { $_.collCount.Count } }

Hi All,

I have the required to parse some web data from a siteminder enabled website.
I have tried using system.net.webclient with alternate credentials but no luck. The site first tries to load the siteminder authentication challenge and then redirects to the actual page.

Please help me with any hint or suggestions of how I can achieve this.

Thanks
Neo

Hello.

This is to see what passwords are running out.

It works, I get the e-mail with the correct data but it's in one line in the e-mail.

I would like it to fl...

If I just have $data it's o.k but the format is wrong:

$body = $data  

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$dom = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()

$root = $dom.GetDirectoryEntry()

$search = [System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher]$root

$search.Filter = "(objectclass=domainDNS)"

$result = $search.FindOne()

$t = New-Object System.TimeSpan([System.Math]::ABS($result.properties["maxpwdage"][0]))

$d = ($t.Days)* -1   ## max password age days ago

$d1 = $d +7   ## 7 days on from max password age

$data = Get-QADUser -IncludeAllProperties | Where {($_.PwdLastSet -gt (Get-Date).AddDays($d)) -and ($_.PwdLastSet -lt (Get-Date).AddDays($d1)) } 

$emailFrom = "###@###.##"

$emailTo = "###@###.##"

$subject = "Passwords"

$body = Format-List -InputObject $data    

$smtpServer = "###"

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)

------------------------------------------------------------------

When I use: $body = Format-List -InputObject $data    

I get this in the e-mail:

Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupEndData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEndData

Any help would be great.

Thanks. :)

Hello i spent all day yesterday trying to get my regular vanilla personal Windows 8 machine setup to run Powershell in order to insert records from a ".csv" file into a Sharepoint list on my Office 365 account and i think i tried most of the recommendations found on google forums.

And i guess my biggest question is, will i be able to use a regular off the shelf Windows 8 PC, which doesn't have Sharepoint server installed on it or any Sharepoint components, and be able to access and update my Office 365  list?

And the error message i keep getting after downloading and installing the modules mentioned on quite a few forums is:

Thanks very much for any pointers or suggestinos!

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Hello Everyone,

I`m getting inconcistent results when working with WUA API.

IF I do (2 servers with the same OS - 2012 r2)

$msWUpdateSession = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.Session"
$msWUpdateSearch = $msWUpdateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$msWUpdateResults = $msWUpdateSearch.Search("IsInstalled=1")
$msWUpdateResults.Updates.Count

Server01 returns a count = 80

Server02 returns a count = 0?

Now If I do wmic qfe on both servers

Server01 returns a count = 109

Server02 returns a count = 78

I tried several combinations and read but I can`t list all installed updates...

Ref:

MSDN

Any Idea?

Thank you

Hi ,

I need a help to Copy Multiple files to remote servers .. Basically I had created a Schedule Task

in windows 2012 server and had export it to xml  so need to copy 2 bat files  and one xml files to multiple servers and then create a Schedule task by Importing XML .. Can any one please help ..

Here is the script i had try but it give me error also did not find any help  to create a Schedule task by Importing XML on Remote computer and create a schedule task

$computers = gc "C:\scripts\computers.txt"

$source="c:\windows\temp\test.XML","C:\windows\temp\File1.bat","C:\windows\temp\File2.bat"

$dest = "\\c$\windows\temp"

foreach ($computer in $computers) {

    if (test-Connection -Cn $computer -quiet) {

        Copy-Item $source -Destination \\$computer\$dest -Recurse

    } else {

        "$computer is not online"

    }

}

Hi,

Have below script, that send me a mail with passwords that expire. It works fine(if any other needs it )

However, I would like to correct it a bit, as I need to give a mail direct to users. Not all AD users, but only 5 specific usernames. So What I need is that I fx. Can enter a 5 usernames in the script, and  if their password is 7 days from expiring they will get a personal mail.

Param (
	[string]$Path = "C:\utils",
	[string]$SearchBase = "OU=ECC,DC=prd,DC=corp,DC=net",
	[int]$Age = 10,
	[string]$From = mail@mail.com,
	[string]$To = "mail@mail.com,",
	[string]$SMTPServer = "mailgate.mail.com"
)

cls
$Result = @()

#region Determine MaxPasswordAge
#Determine MaxPasswordAge
$maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan = $null
$dfl = (get-addomain).DomainMode
$maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan = (Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy).MaxPasswordAge
If ($maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan -eq $null -or $maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan.TotalMilliseconds -eq 0)
{	Write-Host "MaxPasswordAge is not set for the domain or is set to zero!"
	Write-Host "So no password expiration's possible."
	Exit
}
#endregion

$Users = Get-ADUser -Filter {enabled -eq $true} -SearchBase $SearchBase -SearchScope Subtree -Properties GivenName,sn,PasswordExpired,PasswordLastSet,PasswordneverExpires,LastLogonDate
ForEach ($User in $Users)
{	If ($User.PasswordNeverExpires -or $User.PasswordLastSet -eq $null)
	{	Continue
	}
	If ($dfl -ge 3)
	{	## Greater than Windows2008 domain functional level
		$accountFGPP = $null
		$accountFGPP = Get-ADUserResultantPasswordPolicy $User
    	If ($accountFGPP -ne $null)
		{	$ResultPasswordAgeTimeSpan = $accountFGPP.MaxPasswordAge
    	}
		Else
		{	$ResultPasswordAgeTimeSpan = $maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan
    	}
	}
	Else
	{	$ResultPasswordAgeTimeSpan = $maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan
	}
	$Expiration = $User.PasswordLastSet + $ResultPasswordAgeTimeSpan
	If ((New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date) -End $Expiration).Days -le $Age)
	{	$Result += New-Object PSObject -Property @{
			'Last Name' = $User.sn
			'First Name' = $User.GivenName
			UserName = $User.SamAccountName
			'Expiration Date' = $Expiration
			'Last Logon Date' = $User.LastLogonDate
			State = If ($User.Enabled) { "" } Else { "Disabled" }
		}
	}
}
$Result = $Result | Select 'Last Name','First Name',UserName,'Expiration Date','Last Logon Date',State | Sort 'Expiration Date','Last Name'

#Produce a CSV
$ExportDate = Get-Date -f "yyyy-MM-dd"
$Result | Export-Csv $path\ExpiringReport-$ExportDate.csv -NoTypeInformation

#Send HTML Email
$Header = @"<style>
TABLE {border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;border-collapse: collapse;}
TH {border-width: 1px;padding: 3px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;background-color: #6495ED;}
TD {border-width: 1px;padding: 3px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;}</style>"@
$splat = @{
	From = $From
	To = $To
	SMTPServer = $SMTPServer
	Subject = "Password Expiration Report"
}
$Body = $Result | ConvertTo-Html -Head $Header | Out-String
Send-MailMessage @splat -Body $Body -BodyAsHTML -Attachments $Path\ExpiringReport-$ExportDate.csv

$limit = Get-Date -Date "8/8/2015"
$Result = $Result | Where { $_."Expiration Date" -gt $limit }

Using PowerShell 3.0 ISE on Windows Server 2008 R2 with the latest service pack. Copy and paste within a PowerShell ISE window or between windows or from the ISE to anything else only works intermittently. There is no other copy and past problem on the servers. Also when I modify a PS script and run it Powershell often runs the previous version of the script. Some times I have to save AND close AND reopen to get the revised script instead of the original script to run.

Is this just my servers?

carpe cras

I have a script which works quite well for creating folders and setting permissions.

Although when a folder name contains spaces it doesn't work.

I need a way to add quotes to the complete path so the Get-Acl command will work fine.

Currently I use 2 variables in my script and when I output it to my screen the full path is correct.

It only needs to have quotes around it to make my script work.

How do I achieve that ?

Get-Acl$rootfld$line.Subfolder

I have a script which sets the permissions on a folder structure.

The script was working fine for 1 folder, now I have modified it to read a csv file with root folders of which the permissions should be modified.

The script executes without errors, but the permissions of the sub-folders haven't changed.

Does anyone know what configuration mistake I made ?

#------------------------------------------------------------
# Variable
#------------------------------------------------------------
#root folders
$roots = Import-Csv "D:\rootfolders.csv"

#Import CSV
$foldercsv = "D:\subfolders.csv"

$PropagationFlagadmin = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::None
$PropagationFlagsystem = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::None
$PropagationFlagfull = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::None
$PropagationFlagmodify = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::inheritOnly
$PropagationFlagcreatefiles = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::None
$PropagationFlagcreatedirectories = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::None
$PropagationFlagread = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::None
$InheritanceFlag = [System.Security.AccessControl.InheritanceFlags]::ContainerInherit -bor [System.Security.AccessControl.InheritanceFlags]::ObjectInherit
$objType = [System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlType]::Allow
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Permissions on folders
# SetAccessRuleProtection
#true,true = block inherance, keep existing
#False,False = keep inherance, delete existing
#-------------------------------------------------------------
$Permissions = Import-Csv $foldercsv -delimiter ','
ForEach($foldername in $roots)
{
    $rootfld = $foldername.FolderName
    #Write-Host "rootfolder: " $rootfld

    ForEach ($line in $Permissions)
    {
    Write-Host "sub-folder: " $rootfld $line.Subfolder
    $correctACLs = Get-Acl "$($rootfld)$($line.Subfolder)"
    #-----------------------------------------------------------
    #Rechten opbouwen
    #-----------------------------------------------------------
    $correctACLs.SetAccessRuleProtection($True,$False)
     $Rule_Admin = New-Object Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule("BUILTIN\Administrators",@("FullControl"),$InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagadmin, $objType)
     $Rule_System = New-Object Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule ("NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM",@("FullControl"),$InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagsystem, $objType)
     $Rule_ReadEx = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule ("Domain\Read","ReadAndExecute", $InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagfull, $objType)
     $Rule_Full = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule ("Domain\FC","FullControl", $InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagfull, $objType)
     $Rule_modify = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $line.Modify,"Modify", $InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagmodify, $objType
     $Rule_createfiles= New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $line.Modify,"Createfiles", $InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagcreatefiles, $objType
     $Rule_createdirectories= New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $line.Modify,"Createdirectories", $InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagcreatedirectories, $objType
     $Rule_read = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $line.Read,"ReadAndExecute", $InheritanceFlag, $PropagationFlagread, $objType
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_Admin)
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_System)
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_full)
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_modify)
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_createfiles)
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_createdirectories)
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_read)
        $correctACLs.AddAccessRule($Rule_ReadEx)
     #-----------------------------------------------------------
     #Rechten toepassen
     #-----------------------------------------------------------
     Set-Acl $rootfld\$targetfolder $correctACLs
    }

 }

Hi,

I have a script that imports a csv file, adds the content to an array & then i wanna use what i got in an array as my filename to import csv file. My script will make it more Obvious (i hope :p):

$count = 0
$array = @(import-csv "C:\Temp\groupmember\groupnames.csv")
foreach ($group in $array){
$groupsname = $array[$count]
Import-CSV C:\Temp\groupmember\$groupsname.csv | foreach {add-distributiongroupmember -id $groupsname -member $_.alias }
$count++
}

This results in error:

Import-CSV : Could not find file 'C:\Temp\Groepsleden\@{Test Wes1=Test Wes2}.csv'

This is strange cause the contect of the imported csv file online has the line: Test Wes1

So i thought if i put this in my import script it will say c:\temp\groepsleden\Test Wes1.csv

but instead it says Test Wes1=Test Wes2

I have no clue how to fix this or maybe i am going about this all the wrong way (may don't use array's i dunno). Does anybody have a clue?

Don't forget about Alt+Esc!

Hello,

Some help please

I require an export of the "open files" snapin in MMC - so, the filesname, the user accessing the file, the level of access (Write/Read etc).

I need a script that captures this every hour on a couple of servers and exports it out as a csv if possible.

Thanks,

Why does the expression 10*999999999 return a Double ?

Try this code:

         99999990 | %{"        99999990 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}
        999999990 | %{"       999999990 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}
       9999999990 | %{"      9999999990 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}
      99999999990 | %{"     99999999990 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}
     999999999990 | %{"    999999999990 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}

10 *     9999999 | %{"10 *     9999999 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}
10 *    99999999 | %{"10 *    99999999 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}
10 *   999999999 | %{"10 *   999999999 --> $_ $($_.gettype()) <-- why double ?"}
10 *  9999999999 | %{"10 *  9999999999 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}
10 * 99999999999 | %{"10 * 99999999999 --> $_ $($_.gettype())"}

Hi Everyone,

I'm facing an interesting issue. 

Background: I'm an IT consultant working for a client. Let's say my parent company's domain is abc.com. And my client's xyz.com. On a weekly basis, I need to send a report to my boss who is under the abc.com domain.

I'm able to send him the report directly from my outlook or a macro using outlook. However, if I try powershell I get errors:

If I try to send it anonymously, I get the following error:

Send-MailMessage -To receipientp@abc.com -Subject Test -Body "Hi" -SmtpServer mailhub.xyz.com  -From sender@xyx.com

Send-MailMessage : Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: 5.7.1 Relaying denied

If I add my credentials, I can get the following error:

Send-MailMessage -To receipientp@abc.com -Subject Test -Body "Hi" -SmtpServer mailhub.xyz.com  -From sender@xyx.com -Credential <mynetworkcreds>

Send-MailMessage : The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server
response was: 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated

In the second one, I get prompted for my password and I enter it, but it still says that the client is not authenticated. I'm able to send to other recipient on the same domain as xyz.com using the powershell. But, not external domains. 

Any help is appreciated.

Although I have searched and read up on this, I still need guidance. Some references say I need KB2883200. Is that correct or do I need more or different updates or patches? Our servers are managed by a different team and although they are patched from security perspective, they often do not have the latest windows updates. I can coordinate the install for them, but I need to know for sure what is needed.  Can somebody please provide clarification on what windows updates or patches are needed for Powershell DSC to run correctly on windows 2012 R2? Thank you.

P.S. Most of my scripts work out of the box, but I have seen some issues, this is why I am asking.

We are running PowerShell v 2.0 on Windows 2008 R2 SP1

We have successfully run a command to delete temporary internet files on a file server several times; the command is shown below:

get-childitem -path '\users\*\tempif\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5' -recurse -force | where {$_.mode -eq 'd--hs'} | remove-item -recurse

We run the command as administrator with an account that is a member of the local admins group from the root of the drive where the folders are located.  The above command was successfully run at least eight times in the last month but now we get an error saying there is insufficient permissions to remove item or the item cannot be removed because it is not empty.  I can still manually delete the folders in Windows Explorer so it is not a real permissions issue.  The rest of the command runs fine; I can get a list of all the folders and a count of how many of them there are, I simply can no longer delete them in PowerShell.  I can get the Remove-Item command to autofill so it appears I still have access to it.

The security team claims nothing was changed on the servers since we last ran the command five days ago.  Any ideas where I can start looking for what is blocking the delete? 

TBrennan

Using This:.

$msWUASession = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.Session"
$msWUASessionSearch = $msWUASession.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$msWUASessionResults = $msWUASessionSearch.Search("IsInstalled=1")
$msWUASessionResults.Updates | Select-Object @{Name="KB";Expression={$_.KBArticleIDs }},@{Name="RevNumber";Expression={$_.Identity.RevisionNumber}},@{Name="UpdateID";Expression={$_.Identity.UpdateID}} | export-csv blablabla...

How do I add (relate) the Updates.Categories found TO EACH UPDATE LISTED in the command before:.

$msWUASessionResults.updates.item(0).Categories | gm
$msWUASessionResults.updates.item(0).Categories | select *

For Identity, in the first command I was able to use the Expression={$_.Identity.UpdateID} but for Categories this doesn`t work, and I also can`t do: .

.

Expression={$_.Categories.Name} #There are 2 of these (how to deal with that
Expression={$_.Categories.CategoryID} #There are 2 of these (how to deal with that
Expression={$_.Categories.Children} #There are 2 of these (how to deal with that
Expression={$_.Categories.Description} #There are 2 of these (how to deal with that
Expression={$_.Categories.Type}
Expression={$_.Categories.Parent}
Expression={$_.Categories.Updates} #There are 2 of these they both return back to the parent using 
$msWUASessionResults.Updates.item(0).Categories.Item(0).Updates

Hello,

I'm able to create and install printers using powershell. Now i also need to automate the printer configuration and change multiple values in the Administration tab. The following image represent the values i need to change:

Using Windows 2012 Server

After many research and tries i can't get to a solution :(

All i can get is the PrintTicket: http://pastebin.com/8NsSU2za Still is not what i want 

Any suggestions?Thanks

sn4k3