Capture Output problem ?
Hi guys, im a beginner at powershell, and i'm stuck.I'm trying to capture the output from a powershell script that is started from a batch file. I triede all the usual thing like, > and Out-file "...
View ArticleTransform Ouput to a PsCustomObject
Hello,I am a little bit stuck with a script and I am wondering if someone here could be so kind to help me out.What I am trying to achieve is to parse the output from a external command which currently...
View ArticleNetTCPIP Module Server 2008 r2
Soory for my bad english (french)-------I have install the .net Framework 4.5.1 and the .net Managment Framework 4 on a Server 2008 r2. The add of the mnagment framework make that the version of...
View Articleunable to write powershell command output to variable
Hi All, i am trying to find if firefox is blocked or not in a system. I have imported module from remy's website http://code.remyservices.net/powershell-firefoxpref/wiki/Home .Thanks to remy for his...
View ArticleExcel conditional
Hello experts! I am trying to read the number in a Excel cell (D2) If it is greater than 30 then I want it to replace the cell (F2) with "Good". Then I will need it to page down to cell (D3) and do the...
View ArticleSome questions about csv handling
Function Get-Answers {Write-Host "Hi Guys"i am new to his great website, forum and powershell. During my explorations of unknown continent of PowerShell i encountered some csv files.While playing with...
View Articleset network interface settings?
On our 2008 R2 servers we need to check the "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)" tick box. I found this command Set-NetIPv6Protocol but it does not seem to have a -switch to check/uncheck this...
View ArticleIntroducing PowerShell support for Azure Site Recovery
Last week we announced PowerShell support for recovery between two Hyper-V sites managed by Azure Site Recovery. The ASR cmdlets can be used to enable protection for virtual machines and performing...
View ArticleTest Authentication to Windows Servers
I have been tasked to write a powershell script to test the authentication to a number of our windows server with a particular username and password and output the results. Has anyone done this before...
View ArticleCreating custom object and selecting information
I have a directory where admins are dumping files pertaining to workstations located at each building. Within each CSV file, I would like to extract two columns (Header Client IP Address and Name)....
View ArticleSmart Card UserAccountControl Check
Great site by the way!! I am new to powershell, and have only written a few scripts. Currently I am working on a logon script that toggles the useraccountcontrol of "smart card required". We are...
View ArticleIf statement in foreach loop
Hello,I'm trying to write a script to see if a file exists in a folder and if it does write the name of the directory out to the console. Two things are happening, I sometimes get the right output, but...
View ArticleWorking with "If / ElseIf / Else"
I have a fairly complicated set of statements using ""If / ElseIf / Else" to determine the $Path (OU) and $Group (Security Group) for students in a school district.Basically, the "If" tests the School...
View ArticleBest Software for Large Backup
Hello to all, I have 5 external hard drives totaling around 10 to 15TB of storage, most of which I have filled. Anyway, if one ever died, I would cry. So I need to find a cost efficient way to back my...
View ArticleWorkflows and Rebootin
I am trying to use a workflow to perform part of a process then reboot then be able to continue and complete the process. The test code I have below is all completing before the reboot. What am I...
View ArticleSearching the security Logs
I want to scan the security event viewer log to find out who added a user to the local administrator group. So here is where I am at: get-eventlog -logname "security" -computername TestMachine |...
View ArticleChanging pwdlastset attribute
I have a script that resets the pwdlastset attribute to the current date. I have a couple of questions.1.) Is it possible to set pwdlastset to a random time within a set period. Example would be the...
View ArticleNewbie . Connecting to PostgreSql DB
Hi I am trying to connecting to postgre database and pull the data by querying a database and send an email based on the values returned from the query. I was able to connect to the database and run...
View ArticleRestart server & then email
I am trying to write a script to restart a server and then email when the restart is done.I started with this basic command: Restart-Computer -ComputerName <string[ ]>,But I can't get it into a...
View ArticleGet-adcomputer script to CSV
Hey guys,I read through a ton of posts between here and China and I just can't seem to figure this out.I'm running the below script to check my computers which is a simple txt file with computer names...
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