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1. A list of all GPOs that run a script, what the scripts name is, and what it’s function is, if you can figure it out. If the script is mapping drives, printers, or pulling files from a...
View ArticleBehaviour interactive shell Function
Hello,When I run following code from the shell, it indeed gives me a .csv with all files bigger than 1MB in c:\testGet-ChildItem -Path c:\test -Recurse | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_.Length -ge...
View ArticleLoading and using .NETAssembiles and Classes
I want to start using the new compression features in the .NET 4.5 class 'System.IO.Compression.FileSystem'As I want to zip/unzip files etc and do not want to use any third party modules or libraries...
View Articlen00b needs assistance iterating list of computers to show group membership
I'm a complete n00b, but I catch on pretty fast. However, I seeem to be running into a problem I could use some assistance with. I currently use the following Powershell command to list the group...
View ArticleBulk Set NTFS permissions on folders
I work for a company that supports IT in schools. We have developed a standard AD, groups, folders and permissions structure, each school have their own domain but the structure remains identical -...
View ArticleUnable to move files
Hello There,I've created a script powershell to move XML files from one server to another.The script do :Foreach XML containing on a specified folder - Create a subfolder based on the lastwritetime(it...
View ArticleGet-WmiObject : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005...
Hi Richard,I am a newbie to Powershell. I have been reading and testing code while learning. Right now, I am stuck on something I am sure is silly.My code:#$strUser = Read-Host "Enter user...
View ArticleOutput Dilemma - CVS vs Excel
I have a script that I can run against the internal servers to produce an Excel file listing groups/members of the Local Admin group by columns for Server, Sponsor, Group, Members. The script does...
View ArticleTraining - Looking for the best CBT/CD Don Jones Powershell Training
I've seen several of Don's presentations and I've been impressed with his ability to make Powershell understandable. Now I'm looking for some training for some of my coworkers (about 10 to start). I...
View ArticlePowershell script to test RDP is available
I am looking to write a script to test a server to see if the RDP port is available. Is there a way to do so?
View ArticleSort a dynamic Range in Excel with Powershell
So, i've done a lot of searching and i've come up empty... I use a lot of excel within powershell, but i've never done dynamic sorting.Here's the snippet from the macro." Rows("1:582").Select...
View ArticleName change to lowercase - VMware
Ok i have written some scripts before but am not exactly sure how to do this.Our whiny team of server ops who doesn't have the same process now wants all the names of the guests in Vsphere to all be...
View ArticlePS V3 command failing (Get-EventSubscriber -Force).count
The above was working fine in V2 but fails in V3, ie no count property! How can I fix this please? I assumed that V3 was supposed to be backwards compatible with V2, but obviously not.
View ArticleLocation based printing script
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Im a new VMware View Admin and Im having an issue with location based printing. It is not consistently working and instead of spinning my wheels on...
View ArticleOdd behaviour with Select-Object
Hello,picking up from one of the excellent tips posted out from this site (invaluable) I cannot see at the moment why, my normal select-object does not work. I am using PowerShell v2 as belowName...
View ArticlePowerShell V3 StrictMode question
This may be related to my previous post regarding Set-StrictMode. I have a module that works fine in V2, ie Import-Module Get-StrictMode, etc, but in V3 it just returns 'StrictMode: Off', whatever the...
View ArticlePowershell script to move files in folders and subfolders from one Network...
I am trying to use to below Powershell script:get-childitem -Path \\servername\location | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-31)} | move-item -destination "C:\Dumps"The...
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Delete Rows in Excel based on a value in a particular column
Hi all,I'm trying to delete rows in an Excel SpreadSheet based on values such as begins with 'A*' in a particular column. the problem is that I can't figure out what the property is to delete rows and...
View ArticleFinding Windows server's hard disk space and availabe disk space
Hello,Looking for Power-shell script using version 2 or 3 that will compile a text file and retrieve the Windows server's (2003, 2008) hard disk and available disk space for 1000 servers.This can be...
View ArticlePowerShell in Hyper-V 2008 R2
Hyper-V Server 2012 may be the focus on all the blogs out there now, but 2008 R2 still has a large installed base and is likely to have it for some time. In addition to the expansion of PowerShell to...
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