Registry keys. Sorry for the silly humor - don't know how and why Tonto got in there.
Thanks to Rob Rohr - for helping me out here.
1: # first we define some variables
2: $ourpath = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
3: $Maxdl1_0 = "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"
4: $Maxdl = "MaxConnectionsPerServer"
5:
6: #for IE8
7:
8: $ie8path = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPERSERVER"
9: $ie8path1_0 = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPER1_0SERVER"
10: $ie8Max = "iexplore.exe"
11:
12:
13: function upsertReg($path, [string]$name, [int]$value, [string]$propType) {
14: "Path: $path"
15: "Name: $name"
16: "Target Value: $value"
17:
18: # verify path exists
19: $keyExists = Test-Path $path
20:
21: if ($keyExists -eq $true) {
22:
23: # check if named registry item exists at path
24: $reg = get-itemproperty $path
25: if ($reg.$($name) -eq $null) {
26: # value doesn't exist... Create.
27: Write-Host " Key is not there Kimosabi. Let's make some magic."
28: New-ItemProperty $path -name $name -value $value -propertytype `
29: $propType
30: }
31: else {
32: # value exists... Update...
33: $curr = Get-ItemProperty -path $path -name $name
34: Write-Host "Hold you horses Kimosabi. It is already there!"
35: $confirm = read-host " You have ($curr) as your current value and `
36: we are going to change it to ==>$value. Are you sure? (Y/N)"
37: if ($confirm -eq "Y") {
38: Set-ItemProperty -path $path -name $name -value $value
39: Write-Host "Entry has been changed Kimosabi."
40: }
41: else {
42: Write-Host "You chose not to change it - so it stays there."
43: }
44: }
45: } else {
46: "Path doesn't exist. Registry entry not created."
47: }
48: }
49:
50: # create/update registry items using the function
51: upsertReg $ourpath $Maxdl 10 DWord
52: upsertReg $ourpath $Maxdl1_0 10 DWord
53: upsertReg $ie8path $ie8Max 10 DWord
54: upsertReg $ie8path1_0 $ie8Max 10 DWord