Check A Computer’s Memory with PowerShell’s CIM_PhysicalMemory Our mission to use PowerShell to interrogate a computer’s physical memory, to see the properties of that RAM stick(s). Goals include discovering the capacity, speed and data width. We also have pure PowerShell goals, to research with Get-member and to control the display …
Windows PowerShell -As Type Operator My main use for PowerShell’s -as operator is to truncate decimals, for example: # PowerShell -As Type Operator341.1134143891 -as # Produces the answer# 341 Note 1: Naturally, this operator is not case sensitive, you can use -as, -As or even -AS. Topics for PowerShell’s -As Operator Type …
Windows PowerShell Maths PowerShell is very good at understand whether a command in your script should be handled as text or as a number. Incidentally, the more you study PowerShell’s different math techniques, the more reasons you will find to turn to PowerShell rather than VBScript or Excel. Topics for …
PowerShell Share Permissions Please Note: The original page has been moved here See here for Set-Acl See here for WMI Share Recommended: Solarwinds’ Permissions Analyzer – Free Active Directory Tool I like the Permissions Monitor because it enables me to see WHO has permissions to do WHAT at a glance. …
PowerShell Measure-Object Measure is one of PowerShell’s more interesting and unusual verbs; it deals with maths such as sum, average and maximum. Thanks to the concept of an object, this cmdlet can also calculate the properties of text objects, such as the number of words in a document. Topics for …
PowerShell Script – Exchange 2007 Mailcontact This page explains how to create Contact and – Mailcontact objects in Exchange 2007. If you are looking for a straightforward example to learn Exchange 2007 PowerShell commands, then Mailcontact is an ideal vehicle to practise. The key verbs are: get, new and disable. …
Scripting COM Shell Objects – Launch Office Programs I will show you how to use PowerShell’s New-Object to create Microsoft Office objects such as Word.Application or Outlook.Application. Incidentally, this PowerShell technique of replaces many of the tasks previously undertaken by VBScript’s CreateObject. Topics for PowerShell's New-Object -ComObject PowerShell’s New-Object -Com …
PowerShell’s Get-Childitem -Filter (Parameters) Once you stray from simple Get-ChildItem examples, the results may not be what you intended. Fortunately it’s easy to compare the files returned by PowerShell with files viewed in Windows explorer. How to List Get-ChildItem’s Parameters Get-Help Get-ChildItem -full Note 1: Get-ChildItem has a particularly rich …
Windows PowerShell Write-Eventlog Cmdlet Our mission is to create a real-life PowerShell script, which employs Write-Eventlog to record the source, entryType and a message in one of the Windows logs. Topics for Write-Eventlog Preparation, For Our Real-life PowerShell Eventlog Task Example 1: Write-Eventlog Script To Create SampleApp Entries Example 2: …
PowerShell’s Import-Csv with New-QADUser My mission is to create new user accounts from data held in a CSV file. For this mission we need the following skills, execute PowerShell cmdlets, install QAD snap-Ins, research LDAP properties and control spreadsheet columns. Topics for PowerShell Import-Csv Stage 1: Introducing PowerShell’s Import-Csv cmdlet …