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Find Files with PowerShell 3.0

My last few articles have looked at using WMI and CIM_DATAFILE class to find files, primarily using Get-WmiObject in PowerShell. But now that we have PowerShell 3.0 at our disposal, we can use the new CIM cmdlets. So I took my most recent version of Get...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2013 9:11 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, Powershell 3.0, CIM, Get-CIMInstance

Scripting with PSCredential

I see this question often: how can I pass a parameter value for a PSCredential that might be a credential object or it might be a user name? In the past I’ve used code like this: begin { … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2012 9:40 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, ScriptBlock, PSCredential, security

Get Local Administrators with WMI and PowerShell

Earlier this week I was helping someone out on a problem working with the local administrators group. There are a variety of ways to enumerate the members of a local group. The code he was using involved WMI. I hadn’t … Continue reading →...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2011 8:55 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Get-WMIObject, Invoke-Command, Jobs, Administrators

Get WMI Namespace

PowerShell and WMI just seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly, beer and pretzels, or salt and pepper. However, discovering things about WMI isn’t always so easy. There are plenty of tools and scripts that will help you … Continue...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2011 9:50 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, WMI, PowerShell, PSCredential, Invoke-Expression, Get-WMIObject

Get Registry Size and Age

I’m not sure why the registry has been on my mind lately. I probably need a vacation to get out more. But I put together a relatively simple Windows PowerShell function to retrieve registry statistics that you might find useful. … Continue...

Published Wed, May 05 2011 9:19 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Registry, Scripting, WMI, PowerShell

Scripting Games 2011 Beginner Event 5 Commentary

My commentary for Beginner Event 5 in the 2011 Scripting Games is now available. One item that seems to be missing on the ScriptingGuys site is my complete solution so I thought I would share it here, plus a variation. … Continue reading →...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2011 12:01 PM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Get-WMObj, new-object, ScripitngGames

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