Sperry

The Sperry 'autopilot' module includes functions to automate changes related to working in a specific office network environment, vs working remotely (away from that office network).

"Lawrence Burst Sperry ... was an aviation pioneer" and is credited with inventing autopilot -wikipedia

Contents

• Functions
  • Set-Workplace
  • Clear-IECookie
  • Connect-WiFi
  • Disconnect-WiFi
  • Dismount-Path
  • Get-IECookie
  • Get-IPAddress
  • Get-NetConnStatus
  • Get-Printer
  • Get-ProcessByUser
  • Get-PSFSDrive
  • Set-Printer
  • Redo-DHCP
  • Set-DriveMaps
  • Remove-DriveMaps
  • Test-LocalAdmin
  • Open-UAC
  • Set-ProcessState
  • Test-ProcessState

Functions

(organized by module file / ScriptsToProcess)

Set-Workplace

The primary cmdlet. If you'd like to adopt Sperry for your own use, you'll want to customize the tasks and operations called from Set-Workplace. Most of the following functions are invoked from within the Set-Workplace function, but are also exported for direct use. You may find that some of these are not useful for you, or you may want/need to customize them to your own workplace/context(s). If you review the code, and have questions about how or why it works for me, please ask; I'd be glad to share my thoughts, and perhaps learn a better way.

AdminConsole.ps1

Test-LocalAdmin

Open-AdminConsole

ProcessState.ps1

Set-ProcessState

Test-ProcessState

ClearCookies.ps1

Get-IECookie

Basically just a read-only replica of Clear-IECookies

Clear-IECookie

Get-ProcessByUser.ps1

Get-ServiceGroup.ps1

Get-Connected.ps1

Connect-WiFi

Disconnect-WiFi

Dismount-Path

Get-IPAddress

Get-NetConnStatus

EXAMPLE

 Get-NetConnStatus

No ConnectionID specified; enumerating physical network adapters

Name                                       NetConnectionID
----                                       ---------------
Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I219-V        Local Area Connection
Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260        Wireless
Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter    Wireless Network Connection

Get-Printer

Get-PSFSDrive

Get-ServiceGroup

Get-WiFi

Import-Settings

Mount-Path

Open-AdminConsole

Open-Browser

Open-UAC

Redo-DHCP

Set-Printer

Set-ProcessState

Set-ServiceGroup

Set-Workplace

Show-DesktopDocuments

Show-Settings

Test-LocalAdmin

Test-ProcessState

Get-IPAddress

Get-NetConnStatus

Get-Printer

Get-ProcessByUser

Get-PSFSDrive

Set-Printer

Redo-DHCP

Set-DriveMaps

Remove-DriveMaps

Test-LocalAdmin

Open-UAC

Set-ProcessState

Test-ProcessState

SYNOPSIS

A helper function for streamlining start-process and stop-process cmdlet interactions for predefined executable file paths and their arguments / parameters.

DESCRIPTION

Using the ProcessName parameter, and the internally defined $knownPaths hash table, Set-ProcessState can be used to either Start or Stop a particular application / process, simply by specifying the -Action parameter

PARAMETERS

-processName

Name of process to check for, start up, or stop

-Action

Specify whether to start processName, or to Stop it.

-ListAvailable

Enumerate $knownPaths hash table

EXAMPLE

Get-Process C:\> Set-ProcessState -ProcessName iexplore -Action Stop

Stop all running instances of Internet Explorer

EXAMPLE

Get-Process C:\> Set-ProcessState -ProcessName Firefox -Action Start

Effectively equivalent to Start-Process Firefox browser, when the path to Firefox.exe is defined in your Sperry JSON file.