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Summary: Boe Prox shows how to find all known colors on your computer.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find known colors on my computer and their hex representations?  Use the Add-Type cmdlet as follows: Add-Type –assemblyName PresentationFramework [windows.media.colors] | Get-Member -static -Type Property | Select -Expand Name...

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to use Windows PowerShell to build a clock widget. Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. Here's a bit about me: Boe Prox is a Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell and a senior Windows system administrator. He has worked in the IT field since 2003, and he suppor...

Summary: Learn how to display a pop-up window by using Windows PowerShell.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to display a pop-up window to a user when a script or function has completed?  There are several ways to display a pop-up window, but the following command doesn’t require           loading assemblies...

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to create a tool that can leverage a remote constrained endpoint to perform a task.  Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a tool that my Help Desk admins can use to audit and restart services, while limiting their access to the server? —TJ  Hello SH, Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in...

Summary: Learn how to restore default PSSession endpoints.  How do I restore my default PSSession endpoints if I accidently unregistered them?  Use Enable-PSRemoting to automatically rebuild the remote endpoints on your system: Get-PSSessionConfiguration Enable-PSRemoting –Force #Now try it again Get-PSSessionConfiguration...