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I got a fun call last night – PluralSight has a regular webcast but this week’s presenter has had personal issues – and would I like to do the webcast? Well SURE! When don’t I like the chance to talk about PowerShell!?!? As it turns out, this is...
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<# .SYNOPSIS A function to create a credential object from script. .DESCRIPTION Enables you to create a credential objects from stored details. .NOTES File Name : New-Credential.ps1 Author ...
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In my PowerShell training, I spend time examining modules and how you can use them to manage code and avoid profile bloat. In the (forgive the pun) modules on modules, I do lots of demos where being able to quickly set your location to the personal or system modules folder is useful. One simple way I...
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< # .SYNOPSIS This script sets an ISE Theme to similar to the old VIM editor. .DESCRIPTION This script sets the key values in $PsIse .Options to values consistent with the VIM editor, beloved by many, particularly...
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Over at Www.PowerShell.Com , there’s a new forum: PowerShell for Microsoft Lync Server . This is a forum where you can ask any and all your questions around using PowerShell and Lync Server 2010. As you may know, Lync Server 2010 follows in the foot steps...
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I’ve been doing quite a lot of PowerShell training of late for organisations big and small. The biggest organisation was Microsoft’s Hotmail team where I ran a week long class over the summer – organisations with that many servers to manage could not...
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< # .SYNOPSIS This script displays all the namespaces withing a Windows system .DESCRIPTION This script uses Get-WMIObject to retreive the names of all the namespaces within a system. .NOTES ...
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<# .SYNOPSIS This script creates a scheduled task object. .DESCRIPTION This script re-implements an MSDN sample using PowerShell .NOTES File Name : New-Task.ps1 Author ...
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Lee Holme’s latest book, Windows PowerShell Cookbook (2nd Edition) has finally made it to the UK. I ordered this book as soon as O’Reilly mailed me to say it has been released. I arrived home last week and I’ve been eagerly poring over it with some enthusiasm...
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< # .SYNOPSIS This script displays details of a UmAlQura Calendar in PowerShell .DESCRIPTION This script shows the various aspects of this calendar including key properties, fields and selected methods. ...
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< # .SYNOPSIS This script re-implements this MSDN Sample of multiplying a big integer. .DESCRIPTION This script first tries and fails to multiple a pair of large integers. The script...
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Just over 2 years ago, I created a new blog, The PowerShell Scripts blog over at http://pshscripts.blogspot.com . The idea was simple – a blog with single function PowerShell scripts. Scripts that demonstrated one (or at least a very small number) of...
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I’ve posted a couple of articles recently regarding using later versions of the .NET Framework. Through the magic of .NET, you can just create a simple .CONFIG file to tell the relevant executable to use a later version of the framework by default. A...
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In yesterday’s blog post , I wrote about being able to use later versions of the .NET Framework with PowerShell. The trick was simple: create a config file, a small file of XML, to enable the use of, in my case, the .NET Framework Version 4 and the new...
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< # .SYNOPSIS This script gets and displays the description of a WMI Class. .DESCRIPTION This script takes a WMI Class name as a parameter. The script then gets the class 's description from the CIM repository...