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This code Works. $Searcher = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher$Searcher.Filter = '(&(objectCategory=computer)(anr=mg10011001))'$Searcher.SearchRoot =...
View ArticleFirst Look at Powershell 5
Last time I wrote on this blog, Powershell 4 was king and it boasted more than 1300 cmdlets on its Windows 2012 R2 platform.Read More
View ArticleApple’s Swift programming language > PowerShell
This post, Apple’s Swift programming language inspired by Groovy, caught my attention and it got me thinking about PowerShell. When I first started playing with PowerShell, I knew it was a programmable...
View ArticleExchange 2013 Dynamic Distribution Lists
I've been looking all over for a possible answer to this, and hoping I can find some help here. We use Exchange 2013 Dynamic Distribution lists in the environment (quite heavily too), to simplify user...
View Articleback to formatting !!
I have this code that I hijacked from the internet. $UserName = Read-Host "Please enter the users login ID"$Root = [ADSI]''$searcher = new-object...
View Articleinstalling PSv3 - "The update does not apply to your system"
Hi,Trying to install PS v 3 on a Windows Server 2008 Standard 64bit with SP2. Dotnet4 Full is installed and followed this MS articles...
View ArticleDeploy elevated powershell script with SCCM 2012
Hello all,I've been using Powershell for a while now and I really like it, who couldn't? I've ran into an issue that I can't figure out and not even sure if it's possible.I have a Powershell script...
View ArticleReading multi valued attributes from AD and writing into CSV.
Hello, I'm relatively new to powershell. I've been tasked with getting some data from Active Directory. I'm searching for objects of class: PrintQueue in Active Directory. One of the attributes of this...
View ArticleAzure PowerShell 0.8.3 Released
Just like anything that is part of Microsoft Azure, PowerShell seems to receive frequent improvements with constant updates. Azure PowerShell is built specifically to handle automation of Azure...
View ArticleHow to Generate Random Names & Phone Numbers with PowerShell
When you need a data set for testing or demonstration, and that set needs to represent Personally Identifiable Information (PII), you generally don’t want to use real data that represents actual...
View ArticleProblem Changing Drive Letter
Hi all,I'm having issues trying to change a Drive letter of external drives. The script I use is below.$drive = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Volume -Authentication 6 | where {$_.DeviceID -like...
View Articlecannot create cab file
I got this error when creating cab file following the script below:New-Object : Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} failed due to the...
View ArticleNeed to get a users MemberOf and the groups ManagedBy as variables.
Hey,Working on a script to disable user accounts, and i got a request to add a function so that everytime a user gets disabled the script sends a mail to that users boss/bosses.Since we have all bosses...
View ArticleIncredimail recovery
IncrediMail recovery tool first scans the corrupt file, then extracts data items from it and finally saves the recovered messages. The highlighting feature of this utility is that it not only restores...
View ArticleRestart multiple Azure VMs
Hello,I am trying to restart multiple VMs in parallel. But for some reason the code doesn't work. I can see proper messages from the Write-Host (proper name and serviceName) but the restart is not...
View ArticlePowershell and Regular Expressions
Hello All,I need to use regular expressions within my powershell script to match a specific string of text but I am unsure how to do so, I basically need a pattern that matches the following:'\\Any...
View ArticleGet focus on .NET pop-up window
Hello AllI have written a nice little PS script that creates a series pop-up boxes (.NET) that prompts the user for keyed in information. I am using this method:[void]...
View ArticleTrouble with passing the name of a file to a variable
Hi I'm trying to pass the name of a file to a variable but I get an error that the file cannot be found. However if I use the variable with the actual file name it works. #$FileName =...
View ArticleI need help modifying a script
I've been using this script to add domain users to local computer groups one at a time but I've been tasked with adding the primary user of the computer to the Remote Desktop Users group on their...
View ArticlePowerShell Studio 2014: Code Formatting
One of the new features we added to PowerShell Studio 2014 is code formatting. PowerShell Studio 2014 will now beautify your script while you type or when you paste content.Read More
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