Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to identify updates applied to a computer system. How can I find which updates are applied to my computer? Use the Get-Hotfix cmdlet. To find updates, use the Description parameter and specify Update: Get-HotFix -Description Update To find a specific hotfix by ID number, use the&...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about identifying what a Windows PowerShell module exposes to the user. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This is it; today is the day for Windows PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you are in the area of the Microsoft Office today, come on by and at least say hi. There...
Summary: Determine the source of a particular Windows PowerShell cmdlet. How can I tell if a Windows PowerShell cmdlet comes from one module or from another module? Use the Get-Command cmdlet, and select the module property: Get-Command unblock-file | select name, module
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to unblock all files in a directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the day. As those of you who have been reading the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog on a regular basis know, today is the speaker’s dinner (and scripting slumber party) for Windows...
Summary: Use the [xml] type accelerator to greatly simplify reading XML documents. How can I easily read an XML file? Use the [XML] type accelerator to convert results from Get-Content into an XML document, and then use dotted notation to access the nodes: [xml]$books = Get-Content C:\fso\Books.XML $books.catalog.book.title
