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Summary: Microsoft Active Directory PFE Adam Haynes talks about a Windows PowerShell script he wrote to find Active Directory backup status without using repadmin. Ed Wilson is here. Today is the first of five guest blogs written by Microsoft PFE Adam Haynes with some help along the way from his friend Microsoft PFE Shubert Somer. Here is a little ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find information about mice attached to your system.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to return information about mice on my system?  Query the Win32_PointingDevice WMI class. You can use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet, as shown here. Get-WmiObject win32_pointingdevice On Windows Powe...

Summary: Guest blogger and Honorary Scripting Guy Brian Wilhite talks about using Windows PowerShell to change a user’s mouse scheme. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have a guest blogger—Brian Wilhite is an Honorary Scripting Guy and member of the Charlotte PowerShell Users Group. See previous blogs by Brian here....

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get details about the DNS server cache.  How can I find information such as the maximum TTL on my remote DNS server running Windows Server 2012?  Use the Get-DNSServerCache function from the DNSServer module, as shown here. 18:34 C:\> Get-DnsServerCache -Cn dc3   MaxTTL &...

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP Richard Siddaway continues his workflow series by talking about the job engine. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have the fourth in a series of guest blog posts written by Windows PowerShell MVP and Honorary Scripting Guy Richard Siddaway dealing with Windows PowerShell workflow. Note  &nbs...