August 30, 2011 12:41 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2A forum question about testing services and if they weren’t running got me thinking. I created an function to solve the question
function test-service{
August 29, 2011 3:05 AM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
Books,
PowerShell v2PowerShell and WMI is Manning’s deal of the day – 50% off print or e-book.
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August 28, 2011 1:39 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2The TechEd Australia PowerShell conference starts tomorrow at midnight UK time (9am in Australia). Details from
August 22, 2011 3:05 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2Tuesday August 30th 2011 at 9am EST there is a PowerShell conference at TechEd Australia.
Details from
http://powershelldownunder.com/featured/teched2011/
The sessions will be available via Live...
August 21, 2011 12:24 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2,
WMIWe can use the [wmiclass] to create a process but it doesn’t allow us to set the credentials. We can get round that by using a bit of .NET code. [wmiclass] is as accelerator for System.Management.ManagementClass so we go back to basics
function...
August 18, 2011 1:01 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
Network,
PowerShell v2,
WMIOne thing that has bugged me for years is having to use the /all parameter with ipconfig to get the MAC address. It also doesn’t work on remote machines. bah humbug.
The MSNdis_EthernetCurrentAddress class in the root\wmi namespace offers a quicker way
August 4, 2011 1:40 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2,
WMISo, you want to use a new WMI namespace you have discovered that lets you work with IIS.
PS> Get-WmiObject -Namespace 'root\webadministration' -List -ComputerName web01
Get-WmiObject : Access denied
At line:1 char:14
+ Get-WmiObject <<<< ...
August 3, 2011 2:36 AM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2Quick update to
