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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to easily find WMI classes you can update. How can I find WMI classes that support updating? Use the Get-Cimclass cmdlet and a wild card for the WMI class name. Then, look for the class qualifier of supportsupdate, as shown here. Get-CimClass -ClassName * -QualifierName supp...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about running all Get cmdlets from a specific Windows PowerShell module. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, the Scripting Wife and I are once again on a train—this time we are heading to Warsaw to visit Windows PowerShell MVP Bartek Bielawski. Bartek won the Scripting Games t...
Summary: Learn how to find all modules on a system by using Windows PowerShell. How can I find all of the modules on my system by using Windows PowerShell? Use the Get-Command cmdlet and specify all of the modules. Pipe the results to the Group-Object cmdlet, and sort the results to make it easier to read, as sh...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to find a wireless keyboard or mouse attached to a system. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday, we had a great time at the Windows PowerShell user group meeting at the Microsoft Office in Munich (actually just outside of Munich). It was grea...
Summary: See how to start all virtual machines on remote servers running Hyper-V by using Windows PowerShell. How can I start all virtual machines on several remote servers running Hyper-V by using Windows PowerShell? Use the pattern Get-VM | Start-VM but with the Get-VM cmdlet to specify an array of servers running Hyper...