Summary: Learn how to find the top 10 most-utilized Windows PowerShell verbs. How can I find out the top 10 Windows PowerShell verbs? Use the Get-Command cmdlet and select all of the verbs. Next, group the verbs, sort them, and select the first ten. This is shown here, where gcm is an alias for Get-Command,...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows PowerShell Best Practices module to audit configuration of servers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, tonight is the Charlotte Windows PowerShell user group. We are doing a mini version of the Scripting Games, and so if you are in the area, you should check ...
Summary: Learn how long it will take to document every cmdlet in Windows PowerShell 3.0. If I write a blog post every day, and I spend one day on each Windows PowerShell cmdlet (cim function), how long will it take before I have written one blog post about every Windows PowerShell cmdlet (cim function) in Windows 8? ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using two WMI classes from the root\wmi namespace to reveal additional HID hardware information. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I returned from Europe yesterday. It is good to be home, but we will miss our friends and all the great food. I fell in lo...
Summary: Learn how to use a simple Windows PowerShell cmdlet to identify ODBC drivers on your computer running Windows 8. How can I get a listing of ODBC drivers on my laptop running Windows 8? Use the Get-OdbcDriver cmdlet, as shown here. Get-OdbcDriver
