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Modify PowerShell Comment-Based Help to Display Function Use

By jscott, on October 28th, 2011%

Summary: In the final version of my Windows PowerShell WMI helper module, I add aliases and modify comment-based help to find roles of functions. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is the weekend, at least in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the … . . . → Read More: Modify PowerShell Comment-Based Help to Display Function Use

Comments are closed   modules, Scripting Guy!, scripting techniques, Windows PowerShell, WMI

Query WMI Classes by Using PowerShell and Wildcard Patterns

By jscott, on October 27th, 2011%

Summary: Learn how to query WMI classes using Windows PowerShell and wildcard character patterns by using a free Scripting Guy module.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I are finally settling down to a normal routi… . . . → Read More: Query WMI Classes by Using PowerShell and Wildcard Patterns

Comments are closed   Scripting Guy!, scripting techniques, Windows PowerShell, WMI

Easily Filter Empty WMI Properties in PowerShell

By jscott, on October 26th, 2011%

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson introduces a WMI filter to remove empty WMI properties by using Windows PowerShell.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is no secret by now that I love Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The i… . . . → Read More: Easily Filter Empty WMI Properties in PowerShell

Comments are closed   Scripting Guy!, scripting techniques, Windows PowerShell, WMI

Powershell and Hyper-V Management

By jscott, on October 26th, 2011%

  There’s an awesome tool on codeplex for managing Hyper-V using Powershell called PSHyperV, it’s especially handy if you’re working with Hyper-V on a Windows Server Core installation. http://pshyperv.codeplex.com/ Just download the library, drop the … . . . → Read More: Powershell and Hyper-V Management

Comments are closed   CodePlex, Hyper-V, HyperV, PowerShell, PSHyperV, WMI

Use a PowerShell Function to Find Specific WMI Classes

By jscott, on October 21st, 2011%

Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell function to find WMI classes with specific qualifiers.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. In Thursday’s article, I talked about using the Set-WmiInstance cmdlet to work with WMI classes. One of the parameters… . . . → Read More: Use a PowerShell Function to Find Specific WMI Classes

Comments are closed   functions, Scripting Guy!, scripting techniques, Windows PowerShell, WMI

Use a PowerShell Function to Find Specific WMI Classes

By jscott, on October 21st, 2011%

Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell function to find WMI classes with specific qualifiers.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. In Thursday’s article, I talked about using the Set-WmiInstance cmdlet to work with WMI classes. One of the parameters… . . . → Read More: Use a PowerShell Function to Find Specific WMI Classes

Comments are closed   functions, Scripting Guy!, scripting techniques, Windows PowerShell, WMI

Use the Set-WmiInstance PowerShell Cmdlet to Ease Configuration

By jscott, on October 19th, 2011%

Summary: Learn how to use the Set-WmiInstance Windows PowerShell cmdlet to ease configuration of computers.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I was using the Get-Command cmdlet to look at what things I can do with Windows PowerShell, and I noticed a cmdlet called… . . . → Read More: Use the Set-WmiInstance PowerShell Cmdlet to Ease Configuration

Comments are closed   Scripting Guy!, scripting techniques, Windows PowerShell, WMI

Use PowerShell to Find the Top Values Returned by WMI

By jscott, on October 18th, 2011%

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to slice and dice WMI data in an easy, SQL-like fashion.   Hey, Scripting Guy! Does the WMI select statement have any other clauses like SQL does? For example, can I just select top 10 * from to get a sampl… . . . → Read More: Use PowerShell to Find the Top Values Returned by WMI

Comments are closed   Scripting Guy!, scripting techniques, Windows PowerShell, WMI

Check SCCM TempDB space

By jscott, on October 13th, 2011%

Sometimes a poorly framed query or collection can cause SCCM collections to be left forever in an evaluation state. As a result, the TempDB for the SCCM server can grow to the point where it fills the available drive space. When that happens, SQL stops… . . . → Read More: Check SCCM TempDB space

Comments are closed   SCCM, sql, tempdb, VBScript, WMI

PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 3): Exporting Domain SIDs and Trusts

By jscott, on October 12th, 2011%

This post is part three in a series on documenting and remediating SID history in your AD forest.  Go back and read part 1 and part 2 if you haven't had a chance yet.  In today's episode we will document the domain SIDs so we know from where … . . . → Read More: PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 3): Exporting Domain SIDs and Trusts

Comments are closed   Active directory, AD, Get-ADObject, Get-WMIObject, NLTEST, PowerShell, SID, SID History, SIDhistory, Trusts, WMI    
 
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