Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, creates a function to capture the process ID of a Windows PowerShell host. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I like to know is the process ID (PID) of specific processes. Often this is trivial. I can use the Get-Process cmdlet and, for example, look to see what the process ID...
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about launching an elevated Windows PowerShell shell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I had a great talk with Steve, the Scripting Manager. One of the things we talked about was the importance of community, and how the Windows PowerShell community seems to be really engaged with ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to check the logon server of your clients. How can I use Windows PowerShell to verify if my users are trying to sign in to their computers with a Windows account instead of using their domain credentials? Check the value of the environmental LOGONSERVER&n...
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a function to determine if a Windows PowerShell console is elevated. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I had a friend tell me that nearly half of all the cmdlets, functions, and whatever’s in Windows PowerShell 4.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 required eleva...
Summary: Read the content of a text file with a backtick ( ` ) in the name. How can I use Windows PowerShell to read the content of a file that has a backtick ( ` ) in the file name? Use single quotation marks around the name when you supply the path to Get-Content, for example: Get-Content 'c:\fso\a file with a `in ...
