Tag Archives: new-object

Get File Hash

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jeffery Hicks

The other day I had the need to calculate MD5 file hashes in order to compare files. The PowerShell Community Extensions has a nifty cmdlet, Get-Hash, that does exactly that. Unfortunately, sometimes even free tools like this aren’t an option, … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Let’s Play Bingo!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jeffery Hicks

Today Campers we’re playing Bingo. Or at least getting ready to. This week I have some PowerShell code that will create a BINGO card. For those of you outside of North America you might need to take a crash course … Continue reading →

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Objects are the answer

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

As I usually do, I was helping out in the forums at ScriptingAnswers.com. A member had several variables that he wanted to show as a group. As is almost always the case, the answer in PowerShell is object. I talk … Continue reading →

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Get Parent Process

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Recently I helping out on a post in the forums at ScriptingAnswers.com. The question centered around identifying processes on a computer and their parent process. There are many ways you could slice and dice this problem using WMI and Get-WmiObject. … Continue reading →

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Join Object

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Related to some of the WMI stuff I’ve been working on lately is the idea of melding or joining objects. This comes about because I often see forum posts from administrators looking to collect information from different WMI classes but … Continue reading →

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