Intelligent Platform Management Interface

Chocolatey is a CLI based package manager for Windows

https://chocolatey.org
https://chocolatey.org/packages
https://github.com/chocolatey

Install:

choco install <pkg>

Search:

choco search <pkg> [-l] for local pkgs

List upgradable pkgs:

choco outdated

Upgrade options:

choco upgrade <pkg> --reinstall
choco upgrade <pkg> --force
choco upgrade <pkg> --[checksum|checksum64]

Upgrade all:

FOR /F "delims=|" %i IN ('choco outdated -r') DO ( @choco upgrade %i )

Using parameters:

choco install nvidia-display-driver --params="'/FOO /BAR'"

Log:

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log

GUI:

https://github.com/chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI
Install with chocolatey: choco install chocolateygui

Product Key can now be a “Digital License”. This seems to be true for upgraded Windows 7 keys.
To prevent activation issues after hardware changes: link MS account to digital license asap (Settings > Accounts).

View current license:

slmgr.vbs /dlv
wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

powershell "(Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey"

Update product key:

run slui.exe or goto Settings > Activation

MS Activation servers:

activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
validation-v2.sls.microsoft.com

More info:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

How to find out Windows Uptime?

Using PowerShell:

powershell ((Get-Date) - (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUptime).ToString('g')

powershell ((Get-Date) - ([wmi]'').ConvertToDateTime((Get-WmiObject win32_operatingsystem).LastBootUpTime)).ToString("dd' days 'hh\:mm\:ss")

Also, I cobbled together this little script that looks like the Linux uptime cmd. It’s embedded in a batch file so for ease of running (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jaybaz_ms/2007/04/26/powershell-polyglot/ for more info). Gist: https://git.io/v5tx0.

@PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Command Invoke-Expression $('$args=@(^&{$args} %*);'+[String]::Join(';',(Get-Content -LiteralPath '%~f0') -notmatch '^^@PowerShell.*EOF$')) & goto :EOF

$d = Get-Date
$upTime = (($d) - ([wmi]'').ConvertToDateTime((Get-WmiObject win32_operatingsystem).LastBootUpTime)).ToString("d' days,  'h\:mm")
$ActiveUsers = @()
foreach($User in (Get-WmiObject Win32_LoggedOnUser).Antecedent) { $ActiveUsers += $User.Substring($User.LastIndexOf('=') + 2, $User.Length - $User.LastIndexOf('=') -3) }
$UserText = "$($ActiveUsers.Count) user"
if ( $ActiveUsers.Count -gt 1 ) { $UserText += "s" }
$TotalProcTime = (Get-Counter "\Processor(_total)\% Processor Time") | foreach {$_.CounterSamples[0].CookedValue}

Write-Host -NoNewLine (" {0}, up {1},  {2},  total proctime: {3}%" -f $d.toString("HH:mm:ss"), $upTime, $UserText, [math]::Round($TotalProcTime,2))

Output looks like this:

C:\Users\silver>uptime
 14:45:41, up 5 days,  20:15,  3 users,  total proctime: 2,26%

GUI (Windows 10):

Task Manager (taskmgr) > More details > Performance tab > CPU

Boot Time:

net stats <workstation/server>
systeminfo | findstr "System Boot Time"

Windows Anti-Malware Software:

• ATF Cleaner ATF-Cleaner.exe
  http://www.atribune.org (OLD!)
• AdwCleaner adwcleaner_x.xxx.exe
  https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner
• CCleaner ccsetupxxx.exe
  https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds
• clean_services
  http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/crawling-no-download-streaming.129008
• DDS dds.com (sUBs)
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/dds
• GMER <random.exe>
  http://www.gmer.net
• HitmanPro hitmanpro_x64.exe (Sophos)
  http://get.hitmanpro.com
• Junkware Removal Tool JRT.exe
  https://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/jrt
• KCleaner kcleaner.zip
  http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?download
• Microsoft Security Essentials mseinstall.exe
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5201
• RootkitRevealer RootkitRevealer.zip
  https://download.sysinternals.com/files/RootkitRevealer.zip

Check if a program if not already running before starting it in a Windows batch file.
Uses C:\Windows\System32\find.exe (findstr should work equally well).

Example:

tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq explorer.exe" | find /i "explorer.exe" > nul || ( start "" C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe )

Function:

:func_runImageTask
  tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq %~1" | find /i "%~1" > nul || ( start "" "%~2" )
GOTO :EOF

Function using window titles:

:func_runTitleTask
  tasklist /v | find "%~1" > nul || ( start "" "%~2" )
GOTO :EOF

Call function:

CALL :func_runImageTask "Calculator.exe" "C:\WINDOWS\System32\calc.exe"
CALL :func_runTitleTask "Calculator" "C:\WINDOWS\System32\calc.exe"

From:

This batch file takes program names (IMAGENAMES variable) or window titles (WINDOWTITLES and starts them if they are not already running. Programs can have arguments (e.g. outlook.exe).

ReOpen.bat

::
:: ReOpens programs which are not already running 20161220 slv
::

@echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

::
:: Configure programs here making sure to use ,^ at eol for continuation
::

SET IMAGENAMES=^
 "chrome.exe,C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe",^
 "Xshell.exe,C:\Program Files (x86)\NetSarang\Xshell 5\Xshell.exe",^
 "outlook.exe,C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE,/recycle"

FOR %%x in (%IMAGENAMES%) DO (
  FOR /f "tokens=1-3 delims=," %%a in (%%x) do (
    CALL :func_runImageTask "%%a" "%%b" "%%c"
  )
)

SET WINDOWTITLES=^
  "www@webserver,C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe,-load webserver",^
  "user@debian,C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe,-load debian"

FOR %%x in (%WINDOWTITLES%) DO (
  FOR /f "tokens=1-3 delims=," %%a in (%%x) DO (
    CALL :func_runTitleTask "%%a" "%%b" "%%c"
  )
)

GOTO :EOF

:func_runImageTask
  tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq %~1" | %windir%\system32\find.exe /i "%~1" > nul || ( start "" "%~2"^ %~3 )
GOTO :EOF

:func_runTitleTask
  tasklist /v | %windir%\system32\find.exe "%~1" > nul || ( start "" "%~2"^ %~3 )
GOTO :EOF

::
:: Examples:
::
:: MANUAL: tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq explorer.exe" | %windir%\system32\find.exe /i "explorer.exe" > nul || ( start "" C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop )
:: FUNCTION: CALL :func_runImageTask "Calculator.exe" "C:\WINDOWS\System32\calc.exe"
::

I’ve been searching for an alternative for plain PuTTY for a while now.

My requirements are:

• free, preferably open source
• in active development
• ssh-agent
• GUI
• Tabs
• Window transparency

I’ve looked at the following:

• PuTTY based:
  • MTPuTTY, KiTTY, PuTTYTray (https://puttytray.goeswhere.com) etc
  • mRemoteNG, PuTTYCM, PuTTYTabManager, PuTTYMan, SuperPuTTY, …
• Cygwin + OpenSSH (no GUI)
• SecureCRT (not free)
• ConEmu (https://conemu.github.io) + PuTTY
• XShell (https://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_overview.html)

However none of them work flawlessly (I probably have used ConEmu and PuTTY the longest).
Currently I’m using XShell instead which is it’s own thing instead of being PuTTY based.
I also still use PuTTYTray which is one of the more useful PuTTY derivatives (eg transparency, tray, cygterm and can save sessions to file).

Update: I’ve forked over the cheese and completely switched to XShell. I also use (the free version of) Xftp more and more.
These are supposed to be good alternatives too and I might look at them in the future:

• Poderosa
• …

Jan 2017: Just noticed Termius (previously Serverauditor) which I use on iOS – to my full satisfaction – will be getting a Windows version.

Dec 2018: There’s also Hyper, an Electron and node.js based alternative: https://hyper.is. It supports tabs and can be extended with plugins. Imo it’s a bit resource heavy and can get sluggish with many tabs and plugins loaded, but not bad.. not bad.

Jun 2019: Been using the quite nice MobaXterm at work the past few months. It’s basically a tabbed GUI around PuTTY with Cygwin and X11 support etc. I use it with WSL for local terminals and that’s been working well for me.

Aug 2019: Microsoft finally decided to offer the competent Windows Terminal. Tabs, colors, theming, supports both Cmd and PS… and ssh works fine. Very useful. This is what I now use as Windows Console and for WSL. Also still using XShell 6.

PS = Run in Powershell

System config:

sconfig
netdomf

slmgr.vbs /skms kms.domain.local:1688

wmic product
wmic softwarefeature list brief

# PS:
wmi Win32_SoftwareFeature | Select ProductName, Caption, Version | ft *
# change name
Rename-Computer
# remove from domain & reboot
Remove-Computer -credential domain\account -passthru -verbose -force
Restart-Computer

Diskpart:

list disk
select disk X

If disk is set as read-only, first run:
attributes disk clear readonly

create partition primary (or size = )
select partition X
format fs=ntfs quick
assign
list volume
select volume X
remove letter=D
assign letter=L

Network:

# PS:
Get-NetIPInterface
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex 12 -IPAddress 192.0.2.2 -PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.0.2.1
Set-DNSClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 12 -ServerAddresses 192.0.2.4,192.0.2.5

netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static 10.94.45.213 255.255.255.224 10.94.45.193

Firewall:

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state on

RDP:

# PS:
Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -name 'fDenyTSConnections'
Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp' -name 'UserAuthentication'
Get-netfirewallrule -DisplayGroup 'Remote Desktop' | ft -autosize  Name, Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -name 'fDenyTSConnections' -Value 0 -PropertyType dword
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp' -name 'UserAuthentication' -Value 1 -PropertyType dword
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -name 'fDenyTSConnections' -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp' -name 'UserAuthentication' -Value 1
Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup 'Remote Desktop'

Task Scheduler:

schtasks /create /tn 'Task Name' /tr 'D:\Dir\file.exe' /ru DOMAIN\user /rp /sc daily /st 03:30
schtasks /change /tn 'Task Name' /ru DOMAIN\user
schtasks /delete /tn 'Task Name'
schtasks /run /tn 'Task Name' /i
schtasks /query /fo table /nh
schtasks /query /tn 'Task Name' /fo list /v

Telnet:

# PS:
Import-Module servermanager
Add-WindowsFeature telnet-client

TS Share:

# PS:
cd \\tsclient\c

gpg --verify putty-src.zip.gpg putty-src.zip
grep $( sha512sum putty-src.zip ) sha512sums

#!/bin/sh

echo
echo "putty needs the following pkgs under cygwin64:"
echo "mingw64-x86_64-headers w32api w32api-headers"
echo
#export PERL5LIB=/usr/lib/perl5/5.22/CPAN
perl mkfiles.pl
sed -i.bak 's/^M//g' licence.h
make distclean
cd windows
make clean -f Makefile.mgw

make -j4 \
TOOLPATH="x86_64-w64-mingw32-" \
CFLAGS="-Wall -O2 -D_WINDOWS -DDEBUG -DWIN32S_COMPAT -D_NO_OLDNAMES -I.././ \
-I../charset/ -I../windows/ -I../unix/ \
-D_WIN32_IE=0x0500 \
-DWINVER=0x0500 -D_WIN32_WINDOWS=0x0410 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500 \
-DNO_MANIFESTS" \
LDFLAGS="-s" \
RCFLAGS="--define WIN32=1 --define _WIN32=1 --define WINVER=0x0400 \
-I.././ -I../charset/ -I../windows/ -I../unix/" \
COMPAT="-DWINSOCK_TWO -DNO_MULTIMON" \
-f Makefile.mgw

It’s also possible to make with version variables:

make VER="-DSNAPSHOT=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d') -DSVN_REV='$(svnversion)' -DMODIFIED" TOOLPATH=i586-mingw32msvc- -f Makefile.cyg putty.exe

From http://lifehacker.com/5917787/how-to-delete-a-song-from-your-itunes-library-from-the-playlist-view

How to Delete a Song from Your iTunes Library from the Playlist View

If you find a song in one of your iTunes playlists that you no longer want, you
usually have to go all the way back to the “Music” view and find it inorder to
delete it. This keyboard shortcut saves you the hassle, deleting the item right
from the playlist view.

Ordinarily, pressing the delete key while in a playlist will only prompt you to
remove the song from that playlist. If you want to remove it from yourlibrary
entirely, just press Shift+Delete (on Windows) or Option+Delete (on OS X), and
you’ll get the prompt to remove the song from your libraryentirely. Pretty handy
for us playlist junkies.

—

From http://trevinchow.com/blog/2010/01/03/deleting-song-in-itunes-library-from-within-a-playlist/

So when you’re in an iTunes playlist and want to remove the song from the playlist only, use Delete. If you want to remove it from both the playlist AND your iTunes Library, use Shift+Delete !

(There is also another undocumented shortcut – CTRL + SHIFT + Delete which will do the same thing as Shift+Delete except it will add an extra confirmation for sending the file to the recycle bin. Since you already get one prompt using Shift+Delete, there’s no reason for this extra step)

PE header:

"PE..L" (hex: 504500004C) = 32 bit

"PE..d†" (hex: 504500006486) = 64 bit

Create shortcut here:

%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

shell:sendto

C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

Green fg text and a readable blue:

R
G
B

Default Foreground:
0
255
0

Default Bold Foreground:
106
255
106

ANSI Blue:

Colour 14
64,64,255

64
64
255

ANSI Blue Bold:

Colour 15
94,94,255

94
94
255

My Documents C: -> D:

robocopy "C:\Users\silver\Documents" "D:\backups\Documents" /copyall /efsraw /mir /sl /zb

D: -> E:

for %i in (dir1 dir2 dir2) do robocopy D:\%i E:\%i /copyall /mir /sl /zb /MT:128 /XD_exclude_this_dir

/XD dirs [dirs]… :: eXclude Directories matching given names/paths.

C:\>for /f %i IN ('dir /b') do echo %i
C:\>for /f %i IN (bla.txt) do echo %i