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Check for Admin Credentials in a PowerShell Script

May 11, 2011 May 11, 2011 05/11/11
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Summary: Learn how to check for administrative credentials when you run a Windows PowerShell script or command. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Boe Prox is our guest blogger today. Boe Prox is currently a senior systems administrator with BAE Systems. He has been in the IT industry since 2003. He spent the past three years ...

Make Windows PowerShell Your Web Client

October 22, 2010 Oct 22, 2010 10/22/10
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  Summary: Interact with websites from Windows PowerShell with this how-to post that wraps .NET Framework classes.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to download files and things from the Internet via Windows PowerShell. Is there an easy way to do this? I have not been able to find a Windows PowerShell cmdlet, and I would ...

Packaging .NET Framework Classes into Windows PowerShell Functions

October 21, 2010 Oct 21, 2010 10/21/10
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  Summary: Learn how to correctly package .NET Framework classes into reusable Windows PowerShell advanced functions in this step-by-step solution.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been exploring the Microsoft .NET Framework on MSDN and attempting to convert some examples I have found there into Windows PowerShell code. I will admit that...

Use PowerShell to Combine Multiple Commands for Ease of Use

October 20, 2010 Oct 20, 2010 10/20/10
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  Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to combine multiple commands into new custom functions and simplify your scripting.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I do a lot of work from the Windows PowerShell command line. In fact, I write very few scripts, but I run lots of commands. I would like to create a custom Windows PowerShell ...

Automatically Create Custom PowerShell Functions

October 19, 2010 Oct 19, 2010 10/19/10
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  Summary: Learn how to automatically create custom Windows PowerShell functions by using a free tool that writes your code for you.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I wish there was a good way to modify Windows PowerShell commands. I can modify the names of commands by creating an alias for the command. I wish I could create an alias that ...