Showing archive results for July 2013

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how easy it is to create custom Windows PowerShell type accelerators and incorporate them into scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Windows PowerShell is cool. In fact, it should come with a disclaimer something like this: Warning! Windows PowerShell can be addictive. Symptoms of W...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to check the status of your client DNS cache.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to inspect the DNS cache on my computer for entries that do not have records?  Use the Get-DNSClientCache function, pipe the results to a Where-Object cmdlet, and look for a ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find built-in type accelerators. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Hmm…today is a lousy Monday after a big holiday weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. I am still somewhat in holiday mode, which means I am up early, sipping a...

Summary: Learn an easy command to help find unique types with Windows PowerShell. How can I filter different types of objects from a command so that I have an example of each unique type? If you use the Get-Unique cmdlet with no switched parameters, many of the objects returned are the same type (the DirectoryInfo obje...

Summary: Guest blogger, Matt Tisdale, talks about mounting a previous version of Active Directory to see what has changed. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week, guest blogger, Matt Tisdale contributed the following posts: Let’s finish off the weekend with more from Matt… On occasion, I am asked questions simila...