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QDB: Quote #244321- The joys of social engineering

I’ve long enjoyed examples of social engineering, hoping I’d never fall for them. The IRC chat, at QDB: Quote #244321 , is a great example of this. Take a read (I had to read it twice!). Technorati Tags: security Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2009 4:27 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: security

PowerShell Code Repository - Get-Exception

I’ve been working with PowerShell’s error handling – trying to get a better handle on it. Yesterday, I looked at general error handling and discussed how to trap or catch an exception. By handling errors in your scripts, you make the script more production...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2009 12:13 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell V2, Error handling

Error Handling with PowerShell

At last week’s UK PowerShell User Group meeting, Jeremy gave a talk on Error handling. It got me thinking about the whole business of errors and error handling in PowerShell. One of the great differences between casual and production scripts is the need...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 12:16 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, finally, throw, Error handling, trap, catch, Try

I’m Going to TechEd US!

Every year, like many of you, I submit proposals for TechEd. In recent years, they’ve been less than successful – the competition is very fierce and there is so much great content to choose from. I almost have to feel sorry for the Microsoft folks having...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 3:52 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, OCS, Office Communications Server, SIP, TechEd US, TechEd

Pismo File Mount Audit Package

I’ve just got a new laptop (Dell Lattitude E6500) and am running Win7 Beta. The combination is awesome – my old laptop (running XP) looks so old and dated. One thing I’ve relied on for many years is Daemon Tools. I use this to mount ISO images of software...

Published Sun, Jan 25 2009 6:16 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: Windows 7, Win7, Pismo, ISO

More in PowerShell’s #Requires Statement

I recall the moment of amusement when Jeffrey Snover revealed the #Requires PowerShell statement when the first release of PowerShell V2 occurred. It had been in PowerShell V1, but was a very tight secret. As it turns out, with V2’s beta, the #Requires...

Published Sat, Jan 24 2009 1:27 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell V2, #Requires

Blog Posting This Week

It looks like some of my daily blog posts did not quite make it up to their sites on time. The posts (for both this blog and my PowerSHell Scripts blog) were written off line and I thought had been successfully posted. My Blogger-fu must be weak this...

Published Sat, Jan 24 2009 10:08 AM by Under The Stairs

Get-Scripting Podcast

I recently wrote about a cool weekly Podcast, The PowerScripting Podcast , delivered by Jonathan Walz and Hal Rottenberg. This is a great resource, and you can watch it in progress every Friday Morning at 0200 UK time. For most normal folks, this may...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2009 10:15 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, podcast, Get-Scripting podcast

Interview for the Get-Scripting PodCast

As I noted yesterday , Last night, I attended a great PowerShell user group on Friday night. One highlight that I forgot to mention was that I was interviewed for the Get-Scripting podcast. This will be broadcast sometime next week. Technorati...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2009 9:40 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, Get-PSUKUG, Get Scripting Podcast, PowerShell User Group, PowerShell UK User Group

Group Policy PowerShell Cmdlets in Windows 7

I’ve been writing this week about using GPOs with PowerShell. I noticed today, over on the Group Policy Team blog a neat article: Introduction to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets in Windows 7 . With Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2, we’ll have decent cmdlet support...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2009 4:59 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: Windows 7, Group Policy, cmdlet, cmdlets

The Dead to Perform at Obama Inauguration

On several levels, this is pretty cool. What’s left of the Grateful Dead will play today at the inauguration of Barack Obama. See See Relix Magazine’s article - The Dead to Perform at Obama Inauguration . I’ll be in class all day, but I sure hope to catch...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2009 5:22 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, scripts, Grateful Dead

More on Arrays vs Scalars

In a post yesterday, I looked at telling the difference between a scalar and arrays. The difference matters when working with PowerShell – a scalar has properties and methods, while an array has members that have properties and methods. You can directly...

Published Mon, Jan 19 2009 1:53 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, COM, array, scalar

Managing a Music archive with PowerShell

I have a lot of digital music, as many of my friends, and readers of this blog, know. I’ve been slowly getting around to writing some PowerShell scripts to manage this archive. This afternoon, someone asked me how many Jerry Garcia shows I had on my system...

Published Sun, Jan 18 2009 9:10 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, scripts, script, sc, Jerry Garcia

Determining If An Object Is An Array

Over on Hal Rotettenberg’s blog ( TechProsaic ), he recently posted an interesting article about how to tell if an object in PowerShell is an array or a scalar. His solution was to use the Get-Type method, and to look for the BaseType property of the...

Published Sun, Jan 18 2009 7:38 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, .NET, object, COM, array

Train Signal – Exchange PowerShell Training

Train Signal has released a new course: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 PowerShell . This course includes 5 hours of video instruction and is delivered on two DVDs. The course is designed to teach the basic concepts and capabilities of PowerShell. Key...

Published Sat, Jan 17 2009 11:00 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, training

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