Showing archive results for 2016

Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to back up your Windows certification authority as a part of migrating from CSP to KSP and from SHA-1 to SHA-256. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a proud Cloud & Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP, filling in for The Scripting Guy this week. You can find me on Twitte...

Summary: Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how to easily send data to the output of a script.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to send the same data that I’m writing to a file to the standard output of my script?  In Windows PowerShell 5.0, use Tee-Object, for example: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Tee-Object -InputObject '...

Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to start the migration of a Windows certification authority from CSP to KSP and from SHA-1 to SHA-256. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a proud Cloud & Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP, filling in for The Scripting Guy this week. You can find me on Twitter (@MrThoma...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to add an exclusion folder to Windows Defender.  How can I add the C:\temp folder to the exclusion list so it is not scanned by Windows Defender?  Use the Add-MpPreference cmdlet and specify the exclusion path, for example: Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Temp" Note  You must run Windows PowerShell with elevated...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to forcibly write the file system cache to a drive.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to forcibly flush the volume cache by writing it to a drive?  Use the Write-VolumeCache cmdlet and specify the drive letter, for example: Write-VolumeCache c Note  There is no colon following the drive letter.