Showing archive results for February 2013

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to remove all error commands from your Windows PowerShell command history. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the great things about being involved with a Windows PowerShell user group is all the great people I meet and all the cool ideas that arise. It seems that every time I ...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to obtain a permissions report for a specific Group Policy Object (GPO).  How can I use Windows PowerShell to obtain a report of permissions for a specific Group Policy Object (GPO)?  Use the Get-GPPermission cmdlet, specify the name of the GPO and use –all to obt...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find GPOs without a description.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to assist in detecting GPOs that do not have a description?  Use the Get-GPO cmdlet with the –all switch. Pipe the results to the Where-Object and look for an absence of the descriptio...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about exploring the Windows PowerShell namespace ApartmentState property. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Ah, it is the weekend. It is not that I “live for weekends” or anything like that. It is just that weekends are different. I generally spend more time preparing my brea...

Summary: Easily find the Windows PowerShell ApartmentState.  How can I easily find the Windows PowerShell ApartmentState?  Use the $host automatic variable, and select the ApartmentState property from the RunSpace object, as shown here. PS C:\> $Host.RunSpace.ApartmentState STA