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HighLibrarian / get-workinghours.ps1

Created July 1, 2025 10:03

get working hours in the current month

	$HoursPerDay = 8

	# get our current date
	$StartDate = get-date

	# get the first day of the current month, then add 1 month the get the next month, and subtract 1 day
	# this will give you the last day of the current mont
	$EndDate = (get-date -day 1).AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1)

	$WorkingDays = 0

HighLibrarian / MyPowerShellProfile.ps1

Last active May 20, 2025 09:51

DailyPowerShellProfile

HighLibrarian / WindowsTerminalConfig.json

Last active April 4, 2025 12:26

	{
	"$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation",
	"$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
	"actions":
	[
	{
	"command":
	{
	"action": "copy",
	"singleLine": false

HighLibrarian / New-DifferencingVm.ps1

Last active December 16, 2024 11:09

New-DifferencingVm

	function New-DifferencingVm
	{
	param (
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$VMName,

	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
	[string]$DiskName=$VMName,

	[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]

HighLibrarian / Set-GoDaddyDnsRecord.ps1

Created November 28, 2024 13:48

GoDaddy update DNS

	<#
	This script is used to check and update your GoDaddy DNS server to the IP address of your current internet connection.
	First go to GoDaddy developer site to create a developer account and get your key and secret
	https://developer.godaddy.com/getstarted

	Update the first 4 varriables with your information

	#>
	$domain = '' # your domain
	$key = '' #key for godaddy developer API

HighLibrarian / ObsidianToHugo.ps1

Created May 14, 2024 13:02

This script preps obsidian notes for Hugo usage

	# ______ __ _
	# / ____/_ ______ _____/ /_(_)___ ____ _____
	# / /_ / / / / __ \/ ___/ __/ / __ \/ __ \/ ___/
	# / __/ / /_/ / / / / /__/ /_/ / /_/ / / / (__ )
	# /_/ \__,_/_/ /_/\___/\__/_/\____/_/ /_/____/


	function Get-YamlFrontMatter
	{
	param

HighLibrarian / start-IntuneDeviceSync.ps1

Last active April 16, 2024 08:18

makes intune devices sync their policies

	$GroupId = "bc8b6f66-fd59-412f-9b2e-1a0de52466a5"
	# Importing the SDK Module
	Import-Module -Name Microsoft.Graph.DeviceManagement.Actions

	Connect-MgGraph -scope DeviceManagementManagedDevices.PrivilegedOperations.All, DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All,DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All

	#### Gets All devices
	$Devices = Get-MgGroupMember -GroupId $GroupId

	Foreach ($Device in $Devices)

HighLibrarian / Add-DevicesToEntraIdGroup.ps1

Created April 16, 2024 07:59

Add-DevicesToEntraGroup

	$GroupId = ""
	$devicelist = get-content .\devicelist.csv \| ConvertFrom-Csv

	foreach ($device in $devicelist)
	{
	write-host "adding $($device.devicename) to our group"
	$DeviceID = $device.MicrosoftEntradeviceID
	$EntraDeviceID = Get-MgDevice -Filter "DeviceId eq '$DeviceID'" \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty id

	New-MgGroupMember -groupid $GroupId -DirectoryObjectId $EntraDeviceID

HighLibrarian / Clear-GroupPolicyCache.ps1

Last active March 26, 2024 11:13

Clear-GroupPolicyObjectCache.ps1

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	This script clears the local GPO cache for both user and device levels using remove-item commands.
	.DESCRIPTION
	This script clears the local GPO cache for both user and device levels using remove-item commands.
	It stops any ongoing transcript, starts a new transcript for logging purposes, clears the GPO cache,
	and then starts a new transcript for logging purposes.
	.NOTES
	Author: BDW
	Date: 26/03/2024

HighLibrarian / Universal DetectionMethod.ps1

Last active July 24, 2025 09:12

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Retrieves information about installed applications based on different search modes.
	.DESCRIPTION
	The Get-InstalledApps function retrieves information about installed applications based on various search modes
	such as Registry, CmCIM, or File. It allows querying by application name, version, and search mode.
	.PARAMETER Appname
	The name of the application to search for.
	.PARAMETER Version
	The version of the application to search for.

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