💻📜⚡ Windows Port Hardening & Restore Scripts

🛡️ Harden your Windows PC by blocking open ports and disabling unused services.

This repository contains two PowerShell scripts for securing and restoring your Windows 10/11 system by managing open ports, services, and IPv6 settings.

💻📜⚡ PowerShell Script ⚡📜💻

📁 Files

📝 Script	📄 Description	⚙️ Function
💻📜⚡ Harden-Windows.ps1	Blocks dangerous ports and disables services	🛡️ Harden your system
💻📜⚡ Restore-WindowsDefaults.ps1	Restores default services, ports, and IPv6	♻️ Rollback if needed

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🧱 Harden-Windows.ps1 :

• ✅ Blocks commonly exposed ports (e.g., 135, 139, 445, 5040, 49664–49669)
• ✅ Disables unneeded Windows services like:
  • Remote Registry
  • Remote Desktop (RDP)
  • SMB file sharing
  • UPnP
• ☰ (Optional) Disables IPv6 (commented by default)

✅⚙️ Prerequisites

• Windows 11
• Administrator privileges
• Powershell 7.x.x
• PowerShell execution policy temporarily modified

Installation :

Method 1: Download from Releases

Download the PowerShell(.ps1) files from Releases

Method 2: Git Clone

1) Install Git

2) 2. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Mr-DS-ML-85/Harden-Windows.git

🔧Usage :

Navigate to the folder containing the scripts, then:

</> Execute:

cd C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
Y
.\Harden-Windows.ps1

♻️ Restore-WindowsDefaults.ps1 :

♻️ Restore Default Settings 🔧

This script:

🔂 Re-enables all services disabled by the hardening script

🔂 Removes all firewall rules created to block ports

🔂 Restores IPv6 if it was disabled

🔧Usage :

Navigate to the folder containing the scripts, then:

</> Execute:

cd C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
Y
.\Restore-WindowsDefaults.ps1

⚠️ Warnings :

✅️ Use only if you're not running SMB shares, RDP, or printers

⚠️ Always test on a non-critical machine first

🛠 Requires Administrator privileges

✅🧪📝 Tested :

• Only on Windows 11
• Windows 10 Expires on October 14, 2025

📦 License :

• This project is open-source and available under the 📜 MIT License

🤝 Contribution :

• Contributors are welcome to contribute and make sure checking CONTRIBUTING.md