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Windows PowerShell Examples of Real Life Tasks

This section is dedicated to putting PowerShell into action. I have selected topics to illustrate how PowerShell can help with real life tasks.

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Contents of My PowerShell Example Pages

Each topic has its own 'how to' instructions and also 'Learning points'. As a result you will be able to modify my examples to suit your situation. The only pre-requisite is that you must download the correct version of PowerShell and .Net Framework for your operating system. Microsoft's site has separate versions of PowerShell for XP, Windows Server 2003 and Vista. In the case of Windows Server 2008, PowerShell is built-in but you need to 'Add Feature'.

Real Life PowerShell Example: Get-Eventlog Remote EventID

PowerShell's Get-Eventlog is tricky to operate. What makes it easier is focussing on the parameters, especially -logname and for remoting, -computer. Once you get the basics working there is a wealth of techniques and properties you can apply to this most versatile cmdlet.

Scenario: You need to investigate a particular EventID.
Important: Amend my value of -lt '100' to -eq 'YourNumber'. Do remember the speech marks.
Optional: Change "LocalHost" to "YourNetworkMachine"

# PowerShell Remote EventLog example with specific EventID
Clear-Host
$Machine = "LocalHost"
Get-Eventlog -logname System -computer $Machine -newest 1000 `
| Where-Object {$_.EventId -lt '100'} `
| Format-Table MachineName, Source, EventID -auto

Note 1: Please change -lt to -eq, and '100' to the EventID you are researching.

Note 2: The above script is ready for remoting, just change the value of $Machine variable.

Note 3: See more about Eventlogs

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See More Windows PowerShell Examples of Real-life Tasks

• PowerShell Tutorials • PowerShell Examples • IpConfig • PowerShell NetSh

• Monitor Performance - PowerShell • Get-Counter • PowerShell temp

• PowerShell WOL (Wake-on-Lan) • Services • Windows PowerShell

Please email me if you have a better example script. Also please report any factual mistakes, grammatical errors or broken links, I will be happy to correct the fault.

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Windows PowerShell Examples of Real Life Tasks