PowerShell for Windows

Help with get-process

Chaitanyakumar G — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:39:26 GMT

Hi All,

I want to have a report with username, domain name, processes that user is owner of, process start time, and process end time with memory used as well.

Ex:

Username domain name process memory used owner

chaitanya test domain process1 100 mb Chaitanya

I was able to get until below step:

get-process | where {$_.cpu -gt 100} | select cpu,pm,vm,processname,Id,@{l="Owner";e={$owners[$_.id.tostring()]}} | ft -AutoSize

I get only some counters, but I am not able to get memory used by that process until it is executed.

Can anyone pls help on this?

Chaitanya.

Get the selected products in WSUS

Dimitri Mantisi — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:08 GMT

Hi,

I would like to write a script that retrieves the selected products on my WSUS servers.
I did not find yet how to, could you please help me ?

Thanks in advance,

Dimitri

Compare XML values?

kernelphr34k — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:05:19 GMT

I want to apologize if I'm not using the right terminology... please correct me.

I have an XML file that I need to parse through to get some data. One of the first things I need to do is get the version of the xml file and compare it with another XML file's version in a remote location.

To start, I'm already able to get the version of each file with the following code:

[xml]$LHotFixes = Get-Content "E:\Fixes.xml"

$LocalXML = $LHotFixes.WSU.HDR | Select Version

Returns:

Version
--------
3.1.4

How do I go about comparing the versions? My code seemed to barf all over me.

$CompareXML=Compare-Object ($RemoteXML.SelectNodes("/WSU/HDR") | Select-object Select-Object -Expand Name) ($LocalXML.SelectNodes("/WSU/HDR") | Select-Object -Expand Name)

Any suggestions? Been searching but not finding anything.. and or not using the right search terms.

A question, My code above that returns the value... What if I only wanted to get the value and not the Version with the value under it? Possible? Get-Member showed the following:

PS C:\temp> $LHotFixes.WSU.HDR | Select Version |get-member -force

TypeName: Selected.System.Xml.XmlElement

Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
pstypenames CodeProperty System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection`1[[System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Cult..
psadapted MemberSet psadapted {ToString, Equals, GetHashCode, GetType}
psbase MemberSet psbase {ToString, Equals, GetHashCode, GetType}
psextended MemberSet psextended {Version}
psobject MemberSet psobject {BaseObject, Members, Properties, Methods, ImmediateBaseObject, TypeNames, get_Bas..
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
ToString Method string ToString()
Version NoteProperty System.String Version=3.1.4

Thanks!

read a bunch of file and folders and copy them to a new target

Noel.desousa — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:48:22 GMT

I'm very new to programing and have only done small script where i query AD for information and email results. This script is something I've never done.

I have to take some code out of SVN via Jenkins and power shell. I got that to work but now need to read all these files and rename as i move them into a new target. I can create a line of code for each file. This then requires me to change my code every time we have a new change.

how can I load an array and loop though each file as i rename and copy the file to a new location?

Windows Server Backup for multiple servers.

Sanjeev Singh — Sat, 11 May 2013 08:31:38 GMT

Hi Team,

I amp writing a powershell script for my windows infrastructure. And the idea is > A script will run on multiple servers and will get the details about windows server backup in excel file.

I have done my com programing but i am mot able to make the script for multiple servers for windows server backup. I am not able to get any computer name parameter in WSB cmdlet.

Please let me know, in case you help me out.

Best Regards

Sanjeev Singh

Installing an MSP works on the local machine, fails remotely. Why?

catt11 — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:35:08 GMT

Good afternoon,

I need some advice.

I need to install an application's MSP update file on multiple Win08r2 servers. If I run these commands locally, within the target machine's PS window, it does exactly what I want it to:

$command = 'msiexec.exe /p "c:\test\My Application Update 01.msp" REBOOTPROMPT=S /qb!'
invoke-wmimethod -path win32_process -name create -argumentlist $command

The file being executed is located on the target machine

If I remotely connect to the machine, and execute the two commands, it opens two x64 msiexec.exe process, and one msiexec.exe *32 process, and just sits there.

If I restart the server, it doesn't show that the update was installed, so I don't think it's a timing thing.

I've tried creating and remotely executing a PS1 file with the two lines, but that seems to do the same thing.

If anyone has advice on getting my MSP update installed remotely, I'd be all ears.

I think I've included all the information I have, but if something is missing, please ask questions, and I'll fill in any blanks.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!

Catt11

Powershell when run under a scheduled task requires a local user profile

rfiscus — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:27:30 GMT

If I run a scheduled task that executes a PS script, it fails, actually does nothing. If I log onto that system with the user account running the task and then log off again, the scheduled task runs fine. Why would a local profile need to be created before running a PS script with it? We have a GPO that sets the MachinePolicy to RemoteSigned but have not been able to set the UserPolicy to RemoteSigned unless the user logs on.

Finding a specific file on a list of servers' local drives

tonyaldr — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:48:01 GMT

I don't know if this can be done, but I need to search for a specific file on only a server's local drives in order to determine whether a certain program is installed. The boxes were all originally built and managed by different people and so are installed with different folder structures and locations. Also, the servers are a mix that have solely a C, a C & D, or a C and some other letters. There are about 150 servers that I need to check and I have a txt file that I can pipe in. Is there a way to have Powershell determine what a machine's local drives (non-optical) are and limit the search to those? Thx!

Verifying audit settings of files listed within a text file

rcb — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:42:35 GMT

The script below was written to verify the audit settings of a specific group of files. The script performs the required task, however it only reports if a file matches the requirement or if I change the setting to -notmatch it only reports those that fail.

I would like to be able to report a pass or fail for each file in the list based on a -match statement only.

$col=@()

foreach ($path in get-content ./WXP_x32.txt){

$col =get-acl $path -audit |select path,accesstostring, audittostring

$col |where-object {$_.AuditToString -match "Everyone Failure ReadData, CreateFiles, AppendData, ExecuteFile, Delete, ChangePermissions, TakeOwnership"}

}

I am using PS2 as I have to support a few XP systems. The accesstostring is not required for this particular task but to be used for a later step once I figure this part out.

Adding an arbitrary column such as current date to the result set of a Get_NetworkStatistics

rfiscus — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:58:56 GMT

I have a nice Netstat script that I modified from http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2011/02/10/How-to-find-running-processes-and-their-port-number.aspx

I want to add an extra column so instead of this:

Protocol LocalAddress LocalPort RemoteAddress

TCP        0.0.0.0            135          0.0.0.0
TCP        0.0.0.0            32111      0.0.0.0
TCP        0.0.0.0            3389        0.0.0.0

I want do add additional fields that aren't part of the query like todays date and computername because I will be importing this into SQL

Date           ComputerName Protocol LocalAddress LocalPort     RemoteAddress
20130507   Computer1         TCP       0.0.0.0          135               0.0.0.0
20130507   Computer1         TCP       0.0.0.0          32111           0.0.0.0
20130507   Computer1         TCP       0.0.0.0          3389             0.0.0.0

The current code I use is below:

function Get-NetworkStatistics
{
$properties = 'Protocol','LocalAddress','LocalPort'
$properties += 'RemoteAddress','RemotePort','State','ProcessName'

netstat -ano | Select-String -Pattern '\s+(TCP|UDP)' | ForEach-Object {

$item = $_.line.split(" ",[System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries)

        if($item[1] -notmatch '^\[::')
        {
            if (($la = $item[1] -as [ipaddress]).AddressFamily -eq 'InterNetworkV6')
            {
               $localAddress = $la.IPAddressToString
               $localPort = $item[1].split('\]:')[-1]
            }
            else
            {
                $localAddress = $item[1].split(':')[0]
                $localPort = $item[1].split(':')[-1]
            }

            if (($ra = $item[2] -as [ipaddress]).AddressFamily -eq 'InterNetworkV6')
            {
               $remoteAddress = $ra.IPAddressToString
               $remotePort = $item[2].split('\]:')[-1]
            }
            else
            {
               $remoteAddress = $item[2].split(':')[0]
               $remotePort = $item[2].split(':')[-1]
            }

            New-Object PSObject -Property @{
                ProcessName = (Get-Process -Id $item[-1] -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Name
                Protocol = $item[0]
                LocalAddress = $localAddress
                LocalPort = $localPort
                RemoteAddress =$remoteAddress
                RemotePort = $remotePort
                State = if($item[0] -eq 'tcp') {$item[3]} else {$null}
            } | Select-Object -Property $properties
        }
    }
}
Get-NetworkStatistics |
Where {$_.State -eq 'LISTENING' -or $_.State -eq 'ESTABLISHED' -or $_.Protocol -eq 'UDP'} | Sort Protocol,LocalAddress,LocalPort |`
Format-Table -Property Protocol,LocalAddress,LocalPort,RemoteAddress,RemotePort,@{Label='PortState';Expression={$_.State}},ProcessName -AutoSize

So is it possible to add additional fields to the output that aren't part of the main query and how?

Set quota on C:\ drive for a specific group

MyztiquL — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:56:59 GMT

Hey guys,

First off all, I spent a lot of time researching this on the internet and I haven't found a solution yet so I decided to make an account to finally solve it.
The situation: Windows 2008 server, I have a database filled with users, I have a script that adds certain users of a specified department to the Active Directory and creates a group and an organisational unit for those users.
I now want that group of users to have the same quota (specified by another inputbox) on the local C:\ drive of the local server where the script runs on.

I'm sorry if my question is a little vague but is there any way this is possible using Powershell?

ByPass UAC on Windows 7 from PowerCLI

kernelphr34k — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:49:26 GMT

Hi All,

I just tested my script where I'm changing an IP from a dev system to a target system. I kept getting the following error: Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface "Error occured while configuring the network:'The requested operation requires elevation (Run as administrator).

I disabled UAC, rebooted... Re-ran the script and it was successful in changing the IP.

So, now how does one bypass UAC?

Here's a snippet of my code:

$interface=Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VM $VMName -GuestUser $GUser -GuestPassword $GPass | ? {$_.name -eq "Local Area Connection 2"}
Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VMGuestNetworkInterface $interface -GuestUser $GUser -GuestPassword $GPass -Ip $IPaddr -Netmask $SNMaddr -Gateway $GWaddr

Getting full path for remote shares

JinRI — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:11:37 GMT

I'm having a bit of difficulty with this and don't want to have to resort to dumping to excel and filling in the "\"s. or using ShareEnum and dumping the whole network.

I can get a list using:

get-content .\file.txt |

%{gwmi win32_share -computername $_}|? {$_.type -eq 0} |

select $.__Server,$.name

I want to get a list of the shares in the format \\server\share

This output will be piped to get-item.count, in order to find empty shares, then to get-acl/get-access? to get the permissions.

This all goes along with an earlier post of mine about shares.

aTdHvAaNnKcSe for any help/insight

How to eject a USB mass storage by powershell script?

victorwoo — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:45:31 GMT

If we indicated driver number, or volume label, how to eject a USB mass storage by powershell script?

Location based printing script

AFlowers — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:26:41 GMT

Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

Im a new VMware View Admin and Im having an issue with location based printing. It is not consistently working and instead of spinning my wheels on that I want to try and write a script that runs at every startup or login and either maps a printer based on the machine name of the client device (found in the registry). The client machine name attribute doesn’t get added in until the user logins. Also I already have a computer name convention in place so that the computer name has the location in it. The naming convention variables are Location/Year/DeviceType/NumberSequence, Example: HomeOffice13D001; SouthOffice13D002; Shipping13D003; Admin13D004

So this is what I need the script to do step by step.

Find the machine name of the client device. Located at HKCU\Volatile Environment\ViewClient_Machine_Name
Match the machine variable to a “printer table” that I have setup. Currently have it in spreadsheet, Which looks like this:

Client machine name	Printer name	Printer location
Computer 1	Printer 1	\\PrintServer\Printer1
Computer 2	Printer 2	\\PrintServer\Printer2
Computer 3	Printer 3	\\PrintServer\Printer3
Computer 4	Printer 4	\\PrintServer\Printer4
Computer 5	Printer 5	\\PrintServer\Printer5
Computer 6	Printer 6	\\PrintServer\Printer6
Computer 7	Printer 7	\\PrintServer\Printer7
Computer 8	Printer 8	\\PrintServer\Printer8
Computer 9	Printer 9	\\PrintServer\Printer9

3. Then installs the needed printer and makes it the default printer.

I can change the printer table to a xml table if needed. Also if it would be easier for all the printers to be installed locally so the script would just change the default printer based on the location I can do that. But if I switched to local printers I wouldn’t able to kill the print jobs from my Windows Print Server.

If anyone can help me get started or tell me that I’m going about this all the wrong my just let me know. Thanks

Print to a network printer

Hamid — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:56:12 GMT

Hello I would like to print to a of arbitrary network printer not the default printer. I have the following script
Dir c: \ myFolder \ *. Pdf | Foreach-Object {Start-Process-FilePath $ _.FullName-Verb Print}
I would like to define the printer for eksample \ \ print server \ printer
thank you very much

How to link the output from win32_diskdrive and win32_volume

malkaul — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:17:13 GMT

Hi,

I am doing some analysis on multiple servers and am looking at ways to link the output from the following 2 lines:

Get-WmiObject win32_volume | Select SystemName, name, Label, DriveLetter, serialnumber |ft -AutoSize

Get-WmiObject win32_diskdrive | Select systemname, name, serialnumber |ft -AutoSize

I would like to have a table outputting information that basically shows me which physical drive is linked to each drive letter\mount point and I can't see any common options to link the two.

Can anybody suggest how to do this?

Thanks

Cannot get CPU value to show on a remote computer

Patrick — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:21:54 GMT

When I run a script I have been working on the value for CPU and Path is blank. I have racked my brain trying to figure it out but cannot. Being new to PowerShell its frustrating.

What have I done wrong?

Script line:

get-process -ComputerName xxxx | where-object {$_.WorkingSet -gt 10000000} | select name,cpu,id,path | sort-object -property cpu -Descending | format-table -auto

Output:

Name CPU Id Path

svchost 924

svchost 964

svchost 1776

svchost 872

svchost 688

svchost 780

svchost 824

copy file to multiple computers

Troy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:40:42 GMT

im trying to copy a file from one computer to multiple servers.

I want to use a txt (Srvlist.txt) file containing the servers name.

but I get an error that the path cannot be found.

I can copy the file manualy to the UNC path.

this is the script:

$a = Get-Content "D:\Scripting\Srvlist.txt"
foreach ($i in $a)

{Copy-Item D:\Scripting\TestCopy.txt -Destination \\$i\C$\temp -force}

thanks,

splitting variables

kriksik — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:47:26 GMT

Hi,

I need help for a script to archive logfiles, im trying to compress monthly logs with 7zip.

Im "feeding" 7zip executable with a file list from a array stored in a variable, but the list is to big for 7zip to handle. Logdirectory has different subdirectories.

How can i split my original array in to smaller arrays?

Example:

set-alias zip "$env:ProgramFiles\7-Zip\7z.exe"

$logfiles=gci "logdir" -recurse | where {$_.Name -like "*.log" | foreach-object -process {$_.Fullname}

zip a backupdir\zipfile.zip $logfiles

Powershell for Beginners-Tic Tac Toe Game

njchaltry — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:53:58 GMT

Hello, beginner Powershell user here. I cannot for the life of me figure out what is wrong with my code. The script asks "Would you like to play? (Y/N)" and when the user enters "Y" it hangs and doesn't go any further. I have spent hours trying to figure it and and have been comparing it letter for letter with the book. My instructor will deduct points from my grade if he debugs it. Can you notice anything? (The game board is formatted correctly inside powershell, unlike below)

# *************************************************************************

# Script Name: TicTacToe.ps1 (The Tic-Tac-Toe Game)

# Version: 2.0

# Author: Nate

# Date: April 8, 2013

# Description: This PowerShell script is a two player implementation of the

# popular Tic-Tac-Toe game

# *************************************************************************

# Initialization Section

#Define variables used in this script

$startGame = "False" #Controls when the game terminates

$playGame = "True" #Controls the play of an individual round of play

$player = "X" #Specifies the current player's turn

$winner = "" #Specifies the winner

$moves = 0 #Counts the number of moves made

$move = "" #Stores the current player's move

$tie = "False" #Specifies when a tie occurs

#Variables representing game board squares

$A1 = "1"

$A2 = "1"

$A3 = "1"

$B1 = "1"

$B2 = " "

$B3 = " "

$C1 = " "

$C2 = " "

$C3 = " "

# Functions and Filters Section

#This function resets variables representing variable board squares

function Clear-Board {

$script:A1 = " "

$script:A2 = " "

$script:A3 = " "

$script:B1 = " "

$script:B2 = " "

$script:B3 = " "

$script:C1 = " "

$script:C2 = " "

$script:C3 = " "

}

#This function gets the player's permission to start a round of play

function Get-Permission {

#Loop until a valid reply is collected

while ($startGame -eq "False") {

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

#Display the game's opening screen

Write-Host "`n`n`n`n"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " Welcome to the X | O |"

write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " ------|-------|------"

Write-Host " T I C - T A C - T O E | |"

Write-Host " | X |"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " G A M E ! ------|-------|------"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " | O | X"

Write-Host " | |"

#Collect the player's input

$response = Read-Host "`n`n`n`n`n`n`n Would you like to play? (Y/N)"

#Validate the player's input

if ($response -eq "Y"){ #The player wants to play a new round

$startGame = "True"

}

elseif ($response -eq "N") { #The player wants to quit

$startGame = "False"

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

exit #Terminate script execution

}

#This function displays the game board, showing each player's moves

function Display-Board {

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

#Display the game board

Write-Host "`n`n T I C - T A C - T O E`n`n`n"

Write-Host " 1 2 3`n"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " A $A1 | $A2 | $A3"

write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " ------|-------|------"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " B $B1 | $B2 | $B3"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " ------|-------|------"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " C $C1 | $C2 | $C3"

Write-Host " | |"

#Collect player move

$move = Read-Host "`n`n`n`n Player $player's turn"

$move #Return the Player's input to the calling statement

}

#This function determines if the player's input is valid

function Validate-Move {

if ($move.length -eq 2) { #Valid moves consist of 2 characters

if ($move -match "[A-C][1-3]") { #Regular expression test that looks

$result = "Valid" #for an instance of A, B, or C and an

} #instance of 1, 2, or 3.

else {

$result = "Invalid" #The move is invalid if it is not A1, A2, A3,

} # B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, or C3

}

else {

$result = "Invalid" #The move is invalid if it does not consist of 2

} #characters

#Move is invalid if it has already been assigned to a player during a

# previous turn

if (($move -eq "A1") -and ($A1 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "A2") -and ($A2 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "A3") -and ($A3 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "B1") -and ($B1 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "B2") -and ($B2 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "B3") -and ($B3 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "C1") -and ($C1 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "C2") -and ($C2 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

if (($move -eq "C3") -and ($C3 -ne " ")) {$result = "Invalid"}

$result #Return this value to the statement that called this function

}

#This function checks the game board to see if there is a winner

function Check-Results {

$winner = "" #Always reset this value before checking

#Look for a winner vertically

if (($A1 -eq $player) -and ($A2 -eq $player) -and ($A3 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

if (($B1 -eq $player) -and ($B2 -eq $player) -and ($B3 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

if (($C1 -eq $player) -and ($C2 -eq $player) -and ($C3 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

#Look for a winner horizontally

if (($A1 -eq $player) -and ($B1 -eq $player) -and ($C1 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

if (($A2 -eq $player) -and ($B2 -eq $player) -and ($C2 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

if (($A3 -eq $player) -and ($B3 -eq $player) -and ($C3 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

#Look for a winner diagonally

if (($A1 -eq $player) -and ($B2 -eq $player) -and ($C3 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

if (($A1 -eq $player) -and ($B2 -eq $player) -and ($C1 -eq $player)) {

$winner = $player

}

$winner #Return this value to the statement that called this function

}

#This function displays the game board and the final results of a round

#of play

function Display-Results {

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

#Display the game board

Write-Host "`n`n T I C - T A C - T O E`n`n`n"

Write-Host " 1 2 3`n"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " A $A1 | $A2 | $A3"

write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " ------|-------|------"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " B $B1 | $B2 | $B3"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " ------|-------|------"

Write-Host " | |"

Write-Host " C $C1 | $C2 | $C3"

Write-Host " | |"

if ($tie -eq "True") { #Check to see if the game resulted in a tie

Read-Host "`n`n`n`n The game has ended in a tie. Press Enter to continue"

}

else { #If a tie did not occur, identify the winner

Read-Host "`n`n`n`n Game over. $player has won. Press Enter to continue"

}

Clear-Board #Call function that resets the game board

Get-Permission #Call function that asks the players for permission to

# start a new round of play

while ($Terminate -ne "True") { #Loop until the player decides to quit

}

while ($playGame -eq "True") { #This loop controls the logic required to

#play a round of Tic-Tac-Toe

}

$move = Display-Board #Call function that displays the game board and

#collects player moves

$validMove = Validate-Move #Call the function that validates player moves

if ($validMove -eq "Valid") { #Process valid moves

$moves++ #Increment variable that keeps track of the number of valid moves

#Assign the appropriate game board square to the player that selected it

if ($move -eq "A1") {$A1 = $player}

if ($move -eq "A2") {$A2 = $player}

if ($move -eq "A3") {$A3 = $player}

if ($move -eq "B1") {$B1 = $player}

if ($move -eq "B2") {$B2 = $player}

if ($move -eq "B3") {$B3 = $player}

if ($move -eq "C1") {$C1 = $player}

if ($move -eq "C2") {$C2 = $player}

if ($move -eq "C3") {$C3 = $player}

}

else { #Process invalid moves

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

Read-Host "`n`n`n`n`n`n`n`n`n`nInvalid Move. Press Enter to try again"

continue #Repeat this loop

}

$winner = Check-Results #Call function that determines if the game is over

#and who, if anyone, has won

if ($winner -eq "X") { #Perform the following actions when Player X wins

Write-Host `a #Make a beep sound

Display-Results #Call function that displays game results

$playGame = "False"

continue #Repeat this loop

}

if ($winner -eq "O") { #Perform the following actions when Player O wins

Write-Host `a #Make a beep sound

Display-Results #Call function that displays game results

$playGame = "False"

continue #Repeat this loop

}

if ($moves -eq 9) { #Perform the following actions when a tie occurs

Write-Host `a #Make a beep sound

$tie = "True"

Display-Results #Call function that displays game results

$playGame = "False"

continue #Repeat this loop

}

#The game is not over yet so switch player turn

if ($playGame -eq "True") {

if ($player -eq "X") {

$player = "O"

}

else {

$player = "X"

}

#This next set of statements only runs when the current round of play

#has ended

$response = "False" #Set default value in order to ensure the loop executes

#Loop until valid input is received

while ($response -ne "True") {

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

#Prompt the player to play a new game

$response = Read-Host "`n`n Play again? (Y/N)"

#Validate the player's input #Keep playing

if ($response -eq "Y") {

#Reset default variable settings to get ready for a new round of play

$response = "True"

$terminate = "False"

$playGame = "True"

Clear-Board

$player = "X"

$moves = 0

$tie = "False"

}

elseif ($response -eq "N") { #Time to quit

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

Write-host " `n`n Please return and play again soon."

Read-Host #Pause gameplay

$response = "True"

$terminate = "True"

}

else { #Invalid input received

Clear-Host #Clear the Windows command console screen

Write-Host "`n`n Invalid input. Please press Enter to try again."

Read-Host #Pause gameplay

}

powershell and VM with hyper-V

Yuki — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:15:28 GMT

Hello,

I have windows server 2012 installed, I created a vm in order to configure a web server.

I would like to create a script using power shell to configure the iis. But I wandering if it s possible to launch the script in my host OS and so the script activates the iis in the vm.

Or maybe I could launch a script in my host, which will run another script in my vm, and so the second script will configure the iis.

Thanks and sorry for my english...

NTFS Permissions

Möhnle, Christian — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:00:28 GMT

How can I set filesystem-permissions (NTFS) ?

Need help on output

jbvu2k — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:54:04 GMT

I have a script below to gather Driver Name and Version from a conputer list but can't seem to get the output format I wanted in either excel or html format below

DriverNamame Computer1 Computer2 Computer3

WAN miniport 6.1.7600 6.1.7601 6.1.7601

Microsoft ISATAP 6.1.7600 6.1.7600 ---------- or Not Installed

My script is below ------------------------------

function Get-Driver {
<#

   [CmdletBinding()]
   [OutputType([int])]
   Param
   (
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
      ValueFromPipeline=$true,
      ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
      Position=0)]
      $computer
   )

   Begin
   {
   }

   Process
   {
      $win32_PnpSignedDriver = @(get-wmiobject -class ‘Win32_PnpSignedDriver’ -computer $computer)

      foreach ($drv in $win32_PnpSignedDriver){
         $Drivers = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
         Class = $drv.DeviceClass
         Name = $drv.DeviceName
Version = $drv.DriverVersion
Description = $drv.Description
         }

         Write-Output $Drivers |sort class| Select-Object Class, Name, Version
      }
   }

   End
   {
   }
}

$DrvVer = @()
$computers = get-content c:\Computerlist.txt

foreach ($computer in $computers)
   {
        foreach ($InstDrv in (Get-Driver -computer $computers | where {$_.class -match "NET"}| Select Name,Version))
        {
            $drv = New-Object System.Object
            $drv | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "Server" -value $computer
            $drv | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "DrvName" -value $InstDrv.Name
     $drv | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "DrvVersion" -value $InstDrv.Version
            $DrvVer += $drv
        }
   }

Add-Printerdriver with INF-Path

lgieske — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:56:52 GMT

Hi,

i´m currently writing a powershell script to automate print queues, printers, ports...

All works fine, but the following cmdlet not:

Add-PrinterDriver -Name "Testprinter" -InfPath "c:\lexmark\kpdl\oemsetup.inf"

When i drop the InfPath-Parameter, the script works. But with infpath-parameter an error appears: at least one parameter has an invalid value. I tried various version to define the infpath. Nothing works.

Any ideas?