July, 2011

Computer Report IV: Time server

The batch file uses

net time /querysntp

which displays the name of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server currently configured for the local computer or the one specified in ComputerName.

Unfortunately /querysntp  has been deprecated in later versions of...

Computer Report III: Eventlog service

The batch file has a separate report for event log service status

wmic service where name="EventLog" get Name, SystemName, StartMode, Status

PowerShell translation

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "Name='Eventlog'" | Select Name, SystemName,...

Computer Report: II Service Information

The batch file retrieves service information using

wmic service where state="Running" get DisplayName, Caption

Direct PowerShell translation is this.

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "State='Running'" | Select DisplayName,...

Computer report

A recent post on the powershell.com site asked about running a Windows command (batch) file through PowerShell against remote machines. The batch file was expected to produce a number of files of data in a folder structure based on computer name. This makes it difficult as we could in theory run...