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Summary: Learn how to find all of the approved Windows PowerShell verbs that are in the Common group. I want to produce a list of all approved common Windows PowerShell verbs. How do I do it? This answer comes from my new Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step Microsoft Press book. Use Get-Verb and pipe the results...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find processes that use more than 1,000 MB of virtual memory. How can I produce a listing of processes on my computer that use more than 1,000 MB of virtual memory? Use the Get-Process cmdlet to return a listing of all processes. Then pipe the results to the Where-Objec...
Summary: Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell function to add a printer to your server running Windows Server 2012. How do I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to add a printer to my print server running Windows Server 2012? Use the Add-Printer function. Specify the name of an existing print driver and an existing...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find hotfixes installed on your laptop running Windows 8 that were installed after a certain date. How can I find Windows hotfixes installed after a certain date on my Windows 8 laptop by using Windows PowerShell? Use the Get-Hotfix function to return installed hotfixes on your...
Summary: Learn how to find help on workflows with Windows PowerShell. I open the Windows PowerShell console and type Get-Help -Category helpfile workflow and nothing returns. How can I fix this problem? Assuming you have updated your Help file content by using Update-Help, the problem is that you have not loaded the module that contains...