PowerShell

Powershell useful commands:

Install-WindowsFeature = install Windows apps

ServerManager = opens up Server Manager GUI

get-ciminstance -classname win32_computersystem | select -object model = get your computer model 

iisreset = restarts iis server

wf = opens up firewall

# Find the processID of a Windows service using PowerShell and calling win32_service class

$ServicePID = (get-wmiobject win32_service | where { $_.name -eq 'service name'}).processID

# Killing the service by using its PID found above

$Stop-Process $ServicePID -Force

#Find the name and status of a service based on few characters you know/guess

#First enable SSHServer on that Windows machine and ssh remote into it. Then run Powershell to open a powershell command prompt on the remote machine and run this command:

$Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.displayName -like "*remote*"} ==> this will find all services that have word "remote" into their DisplayName and will show you the ServiceName and Status of these services as well 

#Display network card properties

$Get-NetAdapter -Name Local* | Get-Member -MemberType Properties

#Display network card ARPOffLoad and NSOffLoad properties

$Get-NetAdapterPowerManagement

#Display env var path

$ $env:path.split(';')

#Edit env var

$env:AWS_PROFILE="yourAWSuserName"

Install Chocolatey

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))