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January 8, 2010Jan 8, 201001/8/10In this post:
How Can I Read the Default Value of a Registry Key?
How Can I Get Windows PowerShell for Windows 7?
Getting the Get-WmiObject Cmdlet to Work
What’s the Best Way to Detect Registry Keys Using the WMI Provider?
September 25, 2009Sep 25, 200909/25/09Can I Find Out Who Has Access to a Group of Files and Folders?
Hey, Scripting Guy! For security reasons I need to find out who has access to a certain group of files and folders. Using the Get-Acl cmdlet, I can get a list of which IDs and groups have which kinds of access to the target files and folders.
August 13, 2009Aug 13, 200908/13/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I have a Microsoft Access database that I need to query from a Windows PowerShell script. I have seen a number of VBScript examples, but I cannot find any Windows PowerShell samples. Can you point me in the right direction?
February 19, 2009Feb 19, 200902/19/09Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to do hardware inventory on all our workstations and on all our servers. I know System Center Configuration Manager can do this and a whole lot more. We actually have it budgeted for deployment next year.
February 18, 2009Feb 18, 200902/18/09Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there a way to figure out which tables and columns are in a database without having to open it up?
– DT
Hi DT,
The Impressionists are back in Chicago! For the past six months, they were hibernating down in Ft.
February 17, 2009Feb 17, 200902/17/09Hey, Scripting Guy! Being able to create a database from a script is nice, and I appreciated your article yesterday. But I need to have a database with more than one table in it. Obviously this can be done, but I am at a loss as to how to go about it.
February 16, 2009Feb 16, 200902/16/09Hey, Scripting Guy! I have looked everywhere, and I cannot find a script that will create a new Microsoft Office Access database, and automatically add a new table and columns to it. If you had such a thing in Windows PowerShell it would be even better.
January 31, 2009Jan 31, 200901/31/09How Do I Compress Files?
Hey, Scripting Guy! After some time without needing help, I’ve run into a problem about which I have been unable to discover any information. Perhaps you can aid me. Assume you have (1) a single file,
January 21, 2008Jan 21, 200801/21/08Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to import a spreadsheet into an Access database. The problem is that the spreadsheet has multiple worksheets. I can import the first worksheet without any problem, but I can’t figure out how to import all the other worksheets in the file.
January 15, 2008Jan 15, 200801/15/08Hey, Scripting Guy! Awhile back you showed us how we could use Windows PowerShell to retrieve data from a Microsoft Access database. I’m now trying to add data to a database using PowerShell, but I can’t get the script to work.
