Showing results for February 2016 - Page 2 of 11 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to disable all scheduled tasks in a specific folder.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to disable all scheduled tasks in a particular folder?  Use the Get-ScheduledTask cmdlet to enumerate the scheduled tasks in the folder, and then pipe the objects to the Disable-ScheduledTask cmdlet, for example: Get-ScheduledTask...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to disable a scheduled task.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to disable a scheduled task?  Use the Disable-ScheduledTask cmdlet and specify the task name, for example: Disable-ScheduledTask -TaskName "SystemScan"

Summary: Learn how to disable a plug and play device with Windows PowerShell.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to disable a plug and play device?  Use the Disable-PNPDevice cmdlet and specify the instance ID, for example: Disable-PnpDevice -InstanceID  'USB\VID_5986&;PID_0266&;MI_00\7&;1E5D3568&;0000'

Summary: Learn how to find DSC resources with Windows PowerShell.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find DSC resources that are available in the PowerShell Gallery?  Use the Find-DSCResource command.  

Summary: In this blog post, I provide a quick overview of the PowerShellGet module and its various commands. Believe it or not, the Windows PowerShell Saturday event in Tampa, Florida is coming up pretty quickly. There are still some tickets available, but they have been going pretty quickly lately. There are some awesome speakers coming to Tampa ...