Host Utilities

Revision History

1.1.3.2

Fixed Path parameter attribute for Write-Log. Added cmdlet New-Credential.

1.1.3.1

Added Rename-FileOrDirectory.

Added OutputType to all cmdlets. Updated all cmdlets to use the Write-Log function for displaying output and writing to an optional log file.

Renamed: Set-SecurityPrivilege to Set-TokenPrivilege Get-GroupsFromToken to Get-TokenGroups

1.1.3.0

Added functions: Set-LocalAdminPassword Set-SecurityPrivilege Get-ComputerDomain

Updated function: Set-ProcessToken (fixed elevating SeDebugPrivilege)

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). 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.