PowerShell - Sendkeys remote

In this video I demonstrate how and if you can use sendkeys remotely.
I got questioned a couple of times, if I could create a video on sending keys remotely.
The video content should create some understanding about the limitations of sendkeys as well.

*powershell sendkeys
*powershell sendkeys remote
*sendkeys remote
*remote sendkeys
*remote sendkey
*automation
*learn automation
*sendkeys
*sendkeys remote
*windows
*windows powershell
*automatic deployment
*automatic installations
*configuration as code

Code :

function clicker{
start-sleep -Seconds 10
try {
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 5000
[Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::AppActivate("Document - Wordpad")
#[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait(" ")
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("h")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("e")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("l")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("l")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("o")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("%{f}")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("{DOWN 3}")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("{ENTER}")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("h")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("e")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("l")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("l")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("o")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("{ENTER}")
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("%{F4}")


}
catch {#ignore
}

}

#add-type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
#add-type -AssemblyName microsoft.VisualBasic

[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("microsoft.VisualBasic")
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")

#start-process "notepad"

start-sleep -Seconds 5

clicker

code to set autologon and copy the script over.

New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon' -Name AutoAdminLogon -Value 1
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon' -Name DefaultUserName -Value "home\$using:NewVmName"
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon' -Name DefaultPassword -Value MyPassword
}


New-SmbMapping -RemotePath "\\$IP\c$" -UserName $AdminCreds.UserName -Password $rootcred_salt

[kheurou]

Question 1: Is it possible tu make a keylogger script with powershell ?
Question 2: How to hide a powershell script process from the windows task manager ?
Question 3: Is there a way for powershell to monitor and count print jobs on a local computer (number of printed documemts, number of pages per document)

[mehmoodayaztravel]

Hello Mr Automation, I have written a C# code to send keys to the remote desktop, an application running on my PC, I just want to send enter the command to any remote desktop that was active at that time

[apechzzz]

Hi Mr. Automation. Thank for the video. I'm interested in sending keystrokes to Windows Logon Screen ( logonui.exe probably ) to perform automated user login. Is it possible? I'm aware that automated user logon can be achieved via registry and rebooting. My goal is automate user logon without reboot so I thought sending keystrokes can be a solution.

[kheurou]

Thank you very much Sir.
My name is Cheikh, I'am from Senegal. i learned a lot from your Videos.
This sample code is interesting but i think that the code in the Hyper-v-Create ....ps1 file is more interesting.
As you didn't share it, i will try to look at the video and retype it myself.