Showing archive results for July 2015

Summary: Learn how to determine the name of the Windows PowerShell host.  How can I find the name of the Windows PowerShell host (such as the Windows PowerShell console or            the Windows PowerShell ISE)?  Use the Get-Host cmdlet and select the Name property: (get-host).name

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about Windows PowerShell advanced functions.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I keep hearing about advanced functions, but to be honest, I am not really sure what they are talking about. I mean, I can do a function, but when does it become advanced? Only when it is really long? Or when it does complicated...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the status of a range of services.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the status of a range of services that have an initial letter that            does not begin with V through Z?  Use Get-Service with the –Exclude parameter, and supply...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about basic design considerations for Windows PowerShell functions.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I keep hearing about functions, but I really do not know what they are, how to create one, or even how to use one. Can you help me with this? I am not a programmer, but it seems likely that you guys are tr...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily pick up the user name.  How can I easily pick up the user name from my Windows PowerShell script?  Use the USERNAME environmental variable, and pick it up from the $env Windows PowerShell drive: $env:USERNAME