Author Archives: Jeffery Hicks

PowerShell Is Not Omnipotent

Last week I was working on a problem in a PowerShell forum. The admin was having problems getting Add-Computer to work. After a bit of “try this/try that” something became clear, and it’s something that is easy to overlook. Especially … Continue reading

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Friday Fun: Color My World

The end of another work week and time for a little PowerShell fun. When I first started using PowerShell, I was fascinated by Write-Host and the ability to write colorized text to the console. Visions of ANSI art danced in … Continue reading

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PowerShell: The Ultimate Ginsu Knife

You don’t have to stay up until the wee hours of the morning looking for an amazing tool that slices and dices like the famed Ginsu Knife. Are you looking for a way to speed up your work? Are you … Continue reading

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