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Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar
Enable-RemoteDesktop
Enable-MicrosoftUpdate
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptEula
 
cinst GoogleChrome
cinst PowerShell4
cinst webpi
cinst notepadplusplus

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Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar
Enable-RemoteDesktop
Enable-MicrosoftUpdate
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptEula
 
choco install cccp
choco install vlc
choco install powershell4

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Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar

Enable-RemoteDesktop
Enable-MicrosoftUpdate
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptEula

cinst dotnet4.5.1
cinst firefox
cinst 7zip
cinst putty

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# at an PS> prompt with sufficient admin credentials 

Restart-Computer ServerName -force

# or 
# Restart-Computer "ServerName1", "ServerName2" -force

# More info https://mcpmag.com/articles/2012/04/10/how-to-restart-computers-remotely-via-powershell.aspx

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Function KillTheService($ServiceName) 
{
    $service = Get-Service $ServiceName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    if (!$service)
    {
         "Could not find service $ServiceName"
    }
    else
    {

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## --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Configuration
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$isEnabled = $OctopusParameters["Octopus.Action.WindowsService.CreateOrUpdateService"]
if (!$isEnabled -or ![Bool]::Parse($isEnabled)) 
{
    exit 0
}

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REM   Will create c:\Deploy, share as "\\server\Deploy" 
REM   and grant change permissions to administrators and users

cmd /c "(C: & (mkdir C:\Deploy 2> NUL)) & (net share Deploy=C:\Deploy /grant:"Users",CHANGE /grant:Administrators,CHANGE 2> NUL)"
		

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Reflection;
using OfficeOpenXml;
using OfficeOpenXml.Table;

namespace Utils
{
    public static class ExcelExportTool

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#System Design Interview Cheatsheet

Picking the right architecture = Picking the right battles + Managing trade-offs

##Basic Steps

1. Clarify and agree on the scope of the system

• User cases (description of sequences of events that, taken together, lead to a system doing something useful)
  • Who is going to use it?
  • How are they going to use it?

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$DemoUser = 'Domain\username'
$DemoPass = 'complexpassword'
$Command = "ECHO 'Hello world'; WhoAmi;"
$StdOutLogFile = "$env:windir\temp\PowerShellElevatedStdOut.log"

$SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $DemoPass -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $DemoUser, $securePassword

"Running '$Command' as current user"