A place to learn about PowerShell and share stories of automation
January 29, 2010Jan 29, 201001/29/10In this post:
How Can I Run This Windows PowerShell Command on a Remote Computer?
Troubleshooting a Windows PowerShell Script for Active Directory
Can I Detect the Title of the Command Prompt Window?
How Can I Add Quotation Marks Around a String Variable?
January 28, 2010Jan 28, 201001/28/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! The pointy-headed boss is on a rampage. The problem is he has no idea why he is rampaging. This guy makes Nick Bottom seem like Aristotle. His latest obsession concerns service accounts. He wants me to create user accounts,
January 27, 2010Jan 27, 201001/27/10
(Note: This blog post appeared originally as an article on the old Microsoft Script Center. It was originally published in December 2005. We are resurrecting it here by popular demand.)
Sometimes the things that should be so easy turn out to be incredibly difficult.
January 27, 2010Jan 27, 201001/27/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a MCSE and I still remember my instructor at the training center running around the room shouting, “Users go into groups, and groups get assigned rights and permissions.” Over and over again in different manners and in different language,
January 26, 2010Jan 26, 201001/26/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) cmdlets to create users and organizational units. Is this a hard thing to do? I only ask this because I am an extremely busy network administrator who has barely had time to begin looking at Windows PowerShell.
January 25, 2010Jan 25, 201001/25/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that Windows PowerShell 2.0 includes cmdlets to work with Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). However, when I use the Get-Command cmdlet to list the available cmdlets in my Windows PowerShell session,
January 25, 2010Jan 25, 201001/25/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that Windows PowerShell 2.0 includes cmdlets to work with Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). However, when I use the Get-Command cmdlet to list the available cmdlets in my Windows PowerShell session,
January 22, 2010Jan 22, 201001/22/10In this post:
How Can I Manage a Remote Storage Array?
How Can I Have a Dialog Box’s OK Button Clicked Automatically?
How Can I Format Microsoft Excel Columns with Windows PowerShell?
Troubleshooting a Script That Creates a Shortcut on a User’s Desktop
How Can I Manage a Remote Storage Array?
January 21, 2010Jan 21, 201001/21/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am still a bit confused about how modules work. Could you give a beginning-to-end scenario and go through the steps of creating a module, installing the module, and then using the module?
— SL
Hello,
January 20, 2010Jan 20, 201001/20/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been reading your articles about Windows PowerShell modules this week, but I am still a bit confused about where they go, how to get them there, and the best practice for dealing with them. Do you have any insight about how to actually work with Windows PowerShell module paths?
