Powershell script to set date and time settings and update Windows

SetTimeDateAndUpdate.ps1

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# Powershell script to set date and time settings and update Windows

# Author: Joshua Haupt [email protected] Date: 22.12.2017

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##### Set Time Settings #####



Write-Host "Setting Date and Time Settings"



# Source: https://www.ucunleashed.com/1753

# Set Time Zone to Central Standard Time
Write-Host "Setting Time Zone"

Set-TimeZone "Central Standard Time"



# Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28749439/changing-windows-time-and-date-format

# Source: https://superuser.com/questions/1204142/removing-12-hour-time-from-windows-10-login-screen-at-startup-24-hour-already-s

# Set Short date format
Write-Host "Setting Short date format"

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\International" -name sShortDate -value "dd-MMM-yy"

				 

# Set Long date format
Write-Host "Setting Long date format"

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\International" -name sLongDate -value "dddd-MMMM-yyyy"

	

# Set Short time format
Write-Host "Setting Short time format"

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\International" -name sShortTime -value "HH:mm"



# Set Long time format
Write-Host "Setting Long time format"

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\International" -name sTimeFormat -value "HH:mm:ss"

	

	

##### Run Windows Updates #####

# Source: https://www.urtech.ca/2017/07/solved-simple-powershell-script-download-install-windows-updates-reboot-necessary/



Write-Host "Updating Windows"



# Requires PowerShell 5.0 or newer

# Apparently NUGET is required for the PSWINDOWSUPDATE module

Install-PackageProvider NuGet -Force

Import-PackageProvider NuGet -Force





# Apparently PSWindowsUpdate module comes from the PSGallery and needs to be trusted

# See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/gallery/psgallery/psgallery_gettingstarted

Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted





# Now actually do the update and reboot if necessary

Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate

Get-Command –module PSWindowsUpdate

Add-WUServiceManager -ServiceID 7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d -Confirm:$false

Get-WUInstall –MicrosoftUpdate –AcceptAll –AutoReboot


##### Set Computer Name #####
Write-Host "Naming Computer"
Rename-computer -NewName "Dragon-Aurora" -Restart