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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to find the status of disk drives on Windows 8. How can I check on the status of disk drives on my computer running Windows 8? Use the Get-Disk cmdlet, as shown here. PS C:\> Get-Disk Number Friendly Name Operational Status Total Size Partition...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to quickly disable all network adapters on a laptop. How can I easily disable all network adapters on my Windows 8 laptop with Windows PowerShell 3.0? Use the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet to retrieve all network adapters and pipe the results to the Disable-NetAdapter c...
Summary: Learn how to use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet to return all events from all logs related to Windows PowerShell. How can I easily find events from all the event logs—both standard and the ETW logs that are related to Windows PowerShell? Use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet and use a wild card pattern for the pro...
Summary: Learn how to identify Windows PowerShell 3.0 disconnected sessions. How can I find out which Windows PowerShell 3.0 sessions are disconnected? Use the Get-PSSession cmdlet and look for sessions that have a state of disconnected, as shown here. PS C:\> Get-PSSession Id Name &nb...
Summary: Learn how to receive results from a Windows PowerShell disconnected session. How can I receive results from a disconnected Windows PowerShell session in Windows PowerShell 3.0? Use the Receive-PSSession cmdlet, and specify the name, session name, or the instance ID of the disconnected session, as shown here. Receive-PSSess...