# encoding: ascii # api: powershell # title: mstsc-Ac.ps1 # description: Pings a host until it responds, tries to connect to the RDP port, and then when that succeeds, launches a remote desktop connection via mstsc.exe. I discuss this version here http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2012/01/07/making-an-rdp-connection-to-a-server-you-just-rebooted-with-powershell/ # version: 1.0 # type: script # author: Justin Dearing # license: MITL # x-poshcode-id: 3154 # x-archived: 2012-01-14T07:07:42 # x-published: 2012-01-07T17:37:00 # # <# .SYNOPSIS mstsc-Ac.ps1 (Version 1.0, 7 Jan 2012) The author may be contacted via zippy1981@gmail.com The latest authoritative version of this script is always available at http://bit.ly/mstsc-Ac .DESCRIPTION This script will see if a host is up and listening on a given port, and start a remote desktop connection to it. The idea is you run this script after rebooting a windows server .EXAMPLE .\mstsc-Ac.ps1 192.168.0.2 Starts an RDP connection on 192.168.0.2 .EXAMPLE .\mstsc-Ac.ps1 192.168.0.2 3390 Starts an RDP connection on 192.168.0.2 port 3390 . .EXAMPLE mstsc-Ac.ps1 192.168.0.2 -AdditionalParameters "/w:1000 /h:500" Starts an RDP connection on 192.168.0.2 with a width of 1000 pixels and a height of 500 pixels. .Notes Copyright (c) 2012 Justin Dearing Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ***************************************************************************** NOTE: YOU MAY *ALSO* DISTRIBUTE THIS FILE UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING... PERMISSIVE LICENSES: BSD: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php MIT: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html RECIPROCAL LICENSES: GPL 2: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html ***************************************************************************** LASTLY: THIS IS NOT LICENSED UNDER GPL v3 (although the above are compatible) #> param( [string] $HostOrIpAddress = "", [int] $Port = 3389, [string] $AdditionalParameters = "/f" ) # TODO: It seems you can't specify the user name and password on the command line <# [string] $userName = $(Read-Host -Prompt "Username"), [string] $password = $( [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR( (Read-Host -Prompt "Password" -AsSecureString) ) ) #> if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($HostOrIpAddress)) { # This is the first value in the drop down list of the remote desktop client $lastHost = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default' 'MRU0').MRU0 $hostInput = (Read-Host -Prompt "Host (Default $($lastHost))").Split(':') if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($hostInput)) { $hostInput = $lastHost } $HostOrIpAddress = $hostInput[0]; if ($host.Length -gt 1) { $Port = $hostInput[1] } } $pingTimeout = 1000 # ping timeout in milllliseconds $successfulConsecutivePingCount = 5 $sleepTime = 5 # Time to sleep in seconds $ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping $rdpPortListening = $false; # Were looking for 5 consecutive pings that don't time out. # Then were going to try to connect to the remote desktop port while (-not $rdpPortListening) { for ($i = 0; $i -lt $successfulConsecutivePingCount; $i++) { $result = $ping.Send($HostOrIpAddress, $pingTimeout); if ($result.Status -eq 'Success') { Write-Host "Reply from $($result.Address) Round Trip Time $($result.RoundTripTime)" } else { Write-Host "Request Timed out. Sleeping for $($sleepTime) seconds." $i = 0; Start-Sleep $sleepTime } #$ping.Send('74.125.115.107', 500); } try { $socket = New-Object Net.Sockets.TcpClient($HostOrIpAddress, $Port) if ($socket.Connected) { $rdpPortListening = $true Write-Host "RDP Service appears to be up" } $socket.Close() } catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] { if ($_.Exception.InnerException.GetType() -eq [System.Net.Sockets.SocketException]) { Write-Host $_.Exception.InnerException.Message Start-Sleep $sleepTime } else { throw $_.Exception.InnerException } } } Invoke-Expression "mstsc /v $($HostOrIpAddress):$($Port) $($AdditionalParameters)"