Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily create an array. Can I use Windows PowerShell to create an array of strings and avoid typing quotation marks around all the strings? Instead of creating an array, such as this: $array = “a”,”b”,”c”,”d”,&rdqu...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, helps a reader compare two objects in Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am having a problem with a script. I wrote a function to compare virtual machines with virtual drives that I have on my hard drive, and it works just fine. But when I try to put the thing into a larger script, and get t...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine if a Windows 8.1 has Media Center installed. How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if a version of Windows 8.1 has Media Center installed? Use WMI and look at the Caption property of the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class, for example: (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSyste...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to determine if a hypervisor is present Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been trying to use WMI to determine if a server has the hypervisor present. I found the WMI class, and even the properties I need. But alas, the WMI class seems to be broken, and it is causing my...
Summary: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell user groups. Where do I begin a search to find if there is a Windows PowerShell user group in my area? There are two primary places for finding Windows PowerShell user group information:
