This is something that might be better suited to one of my Friday Fun columns, but I’m enjoying this so much I couldn’t wait to share it. I don’t know about you but I spend much of my day in PowerShell or at least with a PowerShell session running. I have an ongoing quest to…
Category: Windows 7
The PowerShell Morning Report
I love how easy it is to manage computers with Windows PowerShell. It is a great reporting tool, but often I find people getting locked into one approach. I’m a big believer in flexibility and re-use and using objects in the pipeline wherever I can. So I put together a PowerShell script that I can…
New Petri Author
New Petri Author I trust many of you are familiar with the Petri web site. This has long been a very valuable site for IT Pros. You can always find a wealth of reliable and practical information. Starting in December, I will be adding my voice to the mix. I will be contributing content that…
My How To Guide to using the Easy Transfer…
My How To Guide to using the Easy Transfer Wizard in Windows 7. Very handy to move files between computers or provide a quick backup. The Guide to Migrating Windows User Files & Settings The Guide to Migrating Windows User Files & Settings. OCT 20. By Jeffery Hicks 3 hours ago under Help Desk Management….
Using the Problem Steps Recorder in Windows…
Using the Problem Steps Recorder in Windows 7 http://bit.ly/obasPi #SMBIT Problem Steps Recorder for Windows 7 Troubleshooting Problem Steps Recorder for Windows 7 Troubleshooting. SEP 27. By Jeffery Hicks 17 days ago under Help Desk Management. Tweet. Save. Often, the first challenge in solving a problem is understanding it….
Using the Problem Steps Recorder
Using the Problem Steps Recorder in Windows 7 http://bit.ly/obasPi #SMBIT Problem Steps Recorder for Windows 7 Troubleshooting Problem Steps Recorder for Windows 7 Troubleshooting. SEP 27. By Jeffery Hicks 17 days ago under Help Desk Management. Tweet. Save. Often, the first challenge in solving a problem is understanding it…. This was posted on Google+…
Managing WSUS from a Non-Domain Member
I run a lot of test machines in my home office network and rely on WSUS. However, my primary desktop is a stand alone system, that is not a domain member. This has always meant that I needed a remote desktop connection to the WSUS server to approve updates. The latest remote management tools from…
Friday Fun Virtual Demos
I’ve been prepping my demo scripts for Techmentor using the ubiquitous Start-Demo, and realized I could take things further. I mean, why do I have to do all the talking? Windows 7 has a terrific text to speech engine so why not take advantage of it. With a little work I could create a virtual…
New Event Report Revised
Last year I posted an update to an old Mr. Roboto script that was an update to an even older VBScript. Still with me? My last revision leveraged the new Get-WinEvent cmdlet to create an HTML report of recent error activity on one or more computers. The problem was that I didn’t account for older…
Friday the 13 Script Blocks
In celebration of Friday the 13th and to help ward off any triskaidekaphobia I thought I’d offer up 13 PowerShell scriptblocks. These are scriptblocks that might solve a legitimate business need like finding how long a server has been running to the more mercurial such as how many hours before I can go home. A…
Windows Update Module
I don’t have a large environment to manage, but I do have a number of test boxes I try to keep up date using Windows Software Update Server (WSUS). Occasionally I’ve needed to manage things client-side. Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of good tools, and nothing PowerShell-related that I’ve found so I wrote my own….
Get Your TCP Ports Here!
Once again, the PowerShell forum at ScriptingAnswers.com has undone me. I was answering a question about running Netstat in a PowerShell session on a remote computer which got me thinking about a PowerShell function to turn NETSTAT.EXE output into objects. Once you have an object then you can do all sorts of things. Needless to…
New Book Project – Reviewers Needed
While at Microsoft TechEd, I signed the paperwork to write a second edition of Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM for SAPIEN Press. It’s hard to believe so much has happened since that book hit the shelves in less than 2 years. The 2nd edition will continue to include coverage of Quest Software’s PowerShell…
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit PowerShell Wizard
During the last TechMentor conference in Orlando, deployment MVP and guru (I want to call her a deployment diva but I don’t want people to get the wrong idea. Think “diva” in the star sense without the ego and entourage,) Rhonda Layfield asked me to look at some PowerShell code. She was trying to make…
TechMentor Orlando 2010 Decks and Demos
I had a great time in Orlando at the TechMentor conference. The crowd was enthusiastic and asked good questions. As promised, here are my slide decks and demos. My sessions tend to be heavy on demonstration so I can’t promise you’ll get a ton of value from the decks alone. You’ll simply have to attend…