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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to show the current time. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily display only the current time? Use the Get-Date cmdlet and choose the Time display hint: Get-Date -DisplayHint Time
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about the fundamentals of working with dates in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. For as long as I can remember, I have pretty much always hated working with dates and times. Back on my Osborne One, it was no fun. The Atari did not make it any better; neither did my f...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to test the connection to a remote server. How can I test the connection in my server to see if I can run a remote Windows PowerShell command? Use the Test-WsMan cmdlet, for example: Test-WsMan –computername s1
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to remotely create a scheduled task and folder. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. On Friday in Use PowerShell to Create Scheduled Task in New Folder, I created a pretty long Windows PowerShell script that creates a folder for scheduled tasks, and creates, e...
Summary: Learn how to export a scheduled task to XML by using Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to create an XML representation of a scheduled task? Use the Get-ScheduledTask function and pipe the results to the Export-ScheduledTask function, for example: Ge...