The Lonely Administrator

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 04 2011 9:19 AM by The Lonely Administrator

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

Start-TypedDemo

As you know, I do a lot of presenting and training. Normally I use the ubiquitous Start-Demo function to run through a demo list of commands. Most of this time this works just fine. But when I’m doing videos, especially … Continue reading...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 9:04 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, Demo, Function, Training, PowerShell v2.0, Write-Host

ScriptingGeek Free Shipping until May 3

I’m happy to report that from now until Tuesday May 3rd, 2011 at 11:50PM Mountain Standard Time, you can get free shipping from www.ScriptingGeek.com on orders over $30. ScriptingGeek.com has a selection of script-related t shirts, sweatshirts,...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 8:40 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: ScriptingGeek

Friday Fun Randomness Abounds

I find it a little ironic that although I like efficiency, structure and order I’m fascinated with randomness. In today’s Friday Fun I want to explore a few ways you might incorporate randomness into your PowerShell scripting. Perhaps you...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 8:14 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Friday Fun, Get-Random, FridayFun, strings, ofs

Create a Master PowerShell Online Help Page

As I hope you know, PowerShell cmdlets can include links to online help. This is very handy because it is much easier to keep online help up to date. To see online help for a cmdlet use the -online parameter. … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:23 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, ConvertTo-HTML, Regular Expressions, Miscellaneous, PowerCLI, Get-Command, Help

Deep Dive Formatting and Type Extensions

At the PowerShell Deep Dive, I did a short presentation on using format and type extensions. There was a lot of demo crunched into a very short period of time. Needless to say this is a complex topic that we … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 10:40 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, DeepDive, TypeData, FormatData, Conferences

PowerShell Deep Dive Treasure

Without a doubt the PowerShell Deep Dive conference was one of the best meetings I’ve ever attended and I wanted to share one tidbit I came away with that I find immensely useful and never knew. During one of Bruce … Continue reading →...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 6:32 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, DeepDive, Conferences, History, console

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 25 2011 12:01 PM by The Lonely Administrator

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

Managing WSUS from a Non-Domain Member

I run a lot of test machines in my home office network and rely on WSUS. However, my primary desktop is a stand alone system, that is not a domain member. This has always meant that I needed a remote … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 7:25 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Server, WSUS

Get Comon Data

While judging entries in this year’s Scripting Games I realized there were some common properties that were repeatedly used. This got me thinking about a simple way to retrieve that information with a single command Then you could access the …...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:30 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, new-object

Warning Signs

I was working on a project with an advanced PowerShell function. One of the goals was to take advantage of the common parameters like -ErrorVariable and -WarningVariable so that when you run the function you can save errors and warnings … Continue...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 7:14 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, Function, PowerShell v2.0, Write-Warning, Variable

Process Snapshot

Yesterday I ended up running an impromptu browser test, comparing memory utilization. See what Twitter can do to your time!! The browsers themselves are really irrelevant. What you might find useful is the little PowerShell code I put together to …...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 10:54 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, new-object, Get-Process

Get Process Detail

The other day I posted a snippet of code that I as using to monitor process memory utilization for a few web browsers. I thought the information and technique were useful enough to modularize in the form of a function. … Continue reading →...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 12:16 PM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Get-Process, Measure-Object

TechEd Atlanta – Troubleshooting with RSoP

I thought my session on troubleshooting with Group Policy and Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) went rather well. I got some great questions and some nice feedback. The session was recorded and you can watch it on the TechEd North … Continue reading...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 7:52 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Conferences, RSoP, Group Policy, GroupPolicy, TechEd

TechEd Atlanta – Managing the Registry with PowerShell

My second TechEd talk was about managing the registry with Windows PowerShell. If you were in the session you know that I stressed heavily using the PowerShell provider and cmdlets. For remote computers, leverage PowerShell’s remoting infrastructure...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 9:01 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Registry, Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Conferences, TechEd, Regsitry

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