Subscribe via RSSThis is a little outside the normal topics of conversation but I know many of you are Scott Sigler fans so I thought I’d share. I just received my signed and numbered copy of The Rookie from Scott. You need to order yours just as soon as you finish watching my unveiling.
Revising Windows PowerShell: TFM 3rd
I know there was some concern related to my departure from SAPIEN about the status of the Windows PowerShell: TFM book. You’ll be happy to know that Don Jones and I are both involved now in the final revisions. SAPIEN is very committed to this project and supporting the PowerShell community and I’m very happy…
Summary Judgment
While working on a new article for REDMOND magazine about PowerShell 2.0, I wanted to get some cmdlet information. I wanted an easy way to see a list of cmdlets for a given verb or noun. Of course that is easily done with Get-Command. However this only gives my the definition.
After a little experimenting I found that I could get the help synopsis with the actual Get-Help cmdlet, not the Help function. So combining the two gives me the results I need.
August Mr. Roboto link repaired
My August Mr. Roboto column was published online with a broken link to the PowerShell script. This has since been fixed. You can download the Get-WMIInfo.ps1 script from here.
Page Not Found Problems
Turns out my migration was not as smooth as I would have liked which is what I get for not taking my time. Some of my redirected links don’t work, probably all of them and some of the current links also had problems. If you don’t find something I hope you’ll go to the main…
Friendly WMI Dates
Gee..you think you know something only to find out you don’t. Or maybe this falls into the category of teaching an old dog new tricks.
When I first started using PowerShell several years ago, I learned about how to convert a WMI date to a more user friendly format…
Redirection Madness
As part of my blog migration from blogspot.com to here, I migrated all previous posts and comments and setup redirection on the old site. Of course nothing is foolproof so if you were searching for content on the old site and can’t find it here, please let me know and I’ll either republish or get…
PrimalForms 2009 Now Available
SAPIEN Technologies finally released PrimalForms 2009. If you have any sort of requirement to create a graphical interface to your PowerShell script, this is the tool to get. SAPIEN will continue to offer the free community version of Primal Forms from their community tools page. PrimalForms 2009 includes these features: Visually build sophisticated Windows forms…
New Writing Projects
I have some new writing projects coming up with RealTime Publishers. Topics will be IT-focused but not necessarily scripting related. As projects get closer to publication I’ll be sure to share the news. I know that some of the articles will be aimed at IT management so I hope you’ll pass on the information when…
I am now the Lonely Administrator
I think I finally have all the pieces in place and moved my blog from Blogspot.com to a Yahoo-hosted WordPress site. My new blog address is https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog. The RSS feed is unchanged and I’ve moved all content and comments from the original blog. The old blog has a redirect but you if have any bookmarks…
Upstate NY PowerShell Users Group
Joel “Jaykul” Bennett, a new PowerShell MVP from Rochester and the mastermind behind HuddledMasses.org and PoshCode.com, and I have joined forces to start the Upstate NY PowerShell Users Group. We hope the group will serve anyone interested in Windows PowerShell from Syracuse to Buffalo, although points east and further south and certainly invited. The first…
New Blog in development
I know I haven’t posted much this month. I’m trying to get a new blog setup where I can offer more value and especially an easy way for you to download script and code samples. In the mean time you can find me on “InterTubes” at Mr. Roboto, Prof. PowerShell and The Lonely AD Administrator….
Microsoft MVP 3rd edition
I’m happy to report that I am again a Microsoft MVP for PowerShell the 3rd year in a row. This is always a nerve wracking time of year where I wonder if I did enough for the community and think about what else I could have done. Now I have another year to continue to…
Reboot and Reload
After a terrific few years at SAPIEN Technologies, I’m back on my own. This site will be my new home. I’ve revamped the title, but I think it more accurately describes my subject matter. Even though I write extensively about scripting and PowerShell, which I’ll continue to do, the topic is really a means to…
New stuff coming
Watch this blog for new content..coming soon