I have McAfee Drive Encryption installed on my Machine and trying to query the application using Powershell, however there is a really strange issue happening.
When i go the Uninstall Key in the registry, i can see McAfee Drive Encryption there, however it does not find it when i run the following command:
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Where { $_.DisplayName -match "McAfee Drive" } | select DisplayName, DisplayVersion
now i tried to simply put the code as: Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*
and it lists all the applications in there but not the McAfee Value!, i have tried this on another account / Machine and that worked fine, so wondering if anyone had a similar issue at all?
Any Help is appreciated.
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I'm trying to check if Windows Deployment Services is installed in server 2016 using powershell and then use this condition to do further steps. I've tried using Get-WindowsFeature but it gives the status list of all roles and features. I want a command that checks whether a single role or feature is installed or not.
My intention is to:
if(WDS is not installed){
Install-WindowsFeature -Name WDS }
else
Do nothing
Facing problem in finding out status of WDS role
Found the answer thanks to #TheIncorrigible1 and #DavidMartin
Using Get-WindowsFeature -Name WDS | % Installed worked.
Also, Get-WindowsFeature -Name WDS | Format-List helps in finding more helpful details.
You can use
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$FeatureName
)
(get-windowsfeature |where name -eq $FeatureName).Installstate
Just pass FeatureName to the the variable
I need to install a driver on a bunch of systems. (it should have come from MS but we are using kace for patching so i cant use wsus to push it out) So i found this oneliner RUNDLL32.EXE SETUPAPI.DLL,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %path to inf%
Next is to put a check into it so it looks if the driver is installed first but I am having trouble finding the driver. I made an assumption that guidid or class from .inf will provide me with the info i need to check.
[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Class=SmartCard
ClassGuid={990A2BD7-E738-46c7-B26F-1CF8FB9F1391}
Provider=%ProviderName%
CatalogFile=delta.cat
DriverVer=08/11/2015,8.4.9.0"
Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPSignedDriver -Property * | where {$_.ClassGuid -like
"990A2BD7-E738-46c7-B26F-1CF8FB9F1391"}
but I can not find the driver installed. I list all drivers and attempt to scroll through them to find this one and it's not there or it's called something else now.
eventual goal is something like this
if (!(Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPSignedDriver| select devicename, classguid |
where {$_.classguid -like "*990A2BD7-E738-46c7-B26F-1CF8FB9F1391*"})) {echo
do stuff} else { echo dont do stuff}
Any help in being able to identify if the driver is installed or not would be appreciated.
A little googling goes a long way as this has been asked a few times before. Here is a WMIC query against all the installed drivers on the system, then filters out everything except the smartcard class using the classGUID.
Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPSignedDriver| where-object {$_.ClassGUID -eq "{50DD5230-BA8A-11D1-BF5D-0000F805F530}"} |Select *
Here is what got me to my answer if you need additional clarification.
How do I get all the smart card readers on my system via WMI?
https://superuser.com/questions/567927/get-driver-version-via-command-line-windows
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2012/02/17/useful-wmic-queries/
We have recently acquired a small firm having 1500 servers on which our team doesn't has access as of now although they are in domain. We need to find out how many servers are running Windows 2k3 and how many are Windows 2k8.
I know the RDP screen of both of these versions are different , for example: if we RDP a Win2k3 machine, it gives a warning notice first and once we click Ok, it takes us to the credentials screen , but in case of Win2k8, it directly takes us to Crendentials which is a proof of the OS on the server. Doing this manually for 1500 servers is a time consuming task.
Can we implement this RDP screen logic using a script to find out the Windows OS version.
I can imagine an Algorithm something like that:
Enter server name.
Invoke mstsc for that server
Verify if the dialogue box is a direct prompt for credentials or not?
If so, print Windows 2k8, else 2k3/2k.
If this logic successful on one server, I can use it in a foreach loop for all servers and export in in Excel.
With 1500 servers I'm going to assume that you have an Active Directory in place. In that case you should be able to simply run a query against AD to retrieve the desired information:
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$server = 'somehostname'
$dc = '...' # domain controller of trusted domain
$fltr = "OperatingSystem -like '*server*'"
Get-ADComputer -Filter $fltr -Property OperatingSystem -Server $dc |
Where-Object { $_.Enabled } |
Select-Object Name, OperatingSystem |
Sort-Object OperatingSystem, Name
Pipe the result into Export-Csv to create a CSV file that you can import into Excel.
I've searched through the SOFTWARE\Classes and SOFTWARE\Microsoft subkeys, but couldn't find anything related to "spartan" or "edge". Given that Edge is still very new, there really isn't much information about this yet.
As an example, this is how I gather the information about the Internet Explorer Version via the registry on a remote machine:
$ieVersion=[Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $args[0]).OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer').GetValue('SvcVersion')
Use the Get-AppxPackage command:
Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach Version
The package name is valid on build 10240 but if you are on an earlier build, it might be different. If the above doesn't find the package try -Name *Edge* or -Name *Spartan*.
$productPath = $Env:WinDir + "\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_*\MicrosoftEdge.exe"
If(Test-Path $productPath) {
$productProperty = Get-ItemProperty -Path $productPath
Write-Host $productProperty.VersionInfo.ProductVersion
}
Else {
Write-Host "Not find Microsoft Edge."
}
Source How to determine the version of Microsoft Edge browser by PowerShell
For Edge on Chromium above 44 version
powershell:
Get-AppxPackage -Name *MicrosoftEdge.* | Foreach Version
cmd:
powershell "Get-AppxPackage -Name *MicrosoftEdge.* | Foreach Version"
I tested using two commands back to back. I ran from an elevated PowerShell session New-PSSession -ComputerName "The remote PC I was testing this on." and then once the connection was made I ran the Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.MicsrosoftEdge and it pulled down the information, but I think it was more build information. You can also filter it down to version using the Pipe character. The full command looked like this.
Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | select-object Version
I found this forum and others that lead me to some of the other switches and parameters I did not know about.
How can I find the Microsoft Edge version on Windows 10 in powershell?
I was trying to find an alternate way of remotely finding out what browser version it was. Trying to verify if it is updating regularly. I am still learning. I hope this helps. I found another article that shows me exactly what I am looking for differently without powershell.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/161325-how-find-version-microsoft-edge-chromium-installed.html#option2
You may see multiple versions of Edge installed via Appx-Packages. I would recommend this approach:
$EdgeExe = Get-ItemPropertyValue 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\msedge.exe' "(default)"
$version = (Get-Item $EdgeExe).VersionInfo.ProductVersion
Trying to uninstall firefox using a powershell bat script. But i need to know which Firefox version is currently running and what is the folder name under program files/! I go lots of long script like: https://p0w3rsh3ll.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/get-firefoxinfo/
but i just want something simple which just return the current firefox version.
Firefox specifically contains a command-line option to get the version, as well as instructions on how to use it on Windows. This one-liner will get your current Firefox version (presuming you're in the right folder or your Firefox is in the system path):
$ffversion = [string](.\firefox.exe -v| Write-Output)
The | Write-Output bit is crucial, for now, due to a documented bug. The result is then converted to a string (also necessary) and saved as a variable here.
Assuming Firefox is installed in typical location:
wmic datafile where name='c:\\program files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\Firefox.exe' get version
Just try below command in PowerShell -
PS> gp HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |Select DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate, HelpLink, UninstallString |ogv
This will display a popup with all the version details of installed software. In there Add Criteria and Set the DisplayName to Firefox.
You will get the version.
On x64 machines, if you want to do it with gp, you need
PS> gp HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*, HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate, HelpLink, UninstallString |ogv
Thanks!
$firefox = (Get-Item (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\firefox.exe').'(Default)').VersionInfo