"VersionInfo" property works differently under x86 and x64
Mighty all! I'm stuck trying to figure out why does "(Get-ChildItem -Path $env:windir\system32\macromed\Flash\*.exe | % {(($_.VersionInfo).FileVersion).replace(",",".")}|measure -Maximum).maximum"works...
View ArticleRemoving the last octet of an IP address
Hi,To remove the last octet of an IP address I put together the following:$array = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $ipaddress.Split(".") | ForEach-Object {$array.Add($_)} | Out-Null...
View Article".\SomePSScript.ps1" does not run it acts like the .\ was not present.
We use some power shell script in our development process that are not working on 1 of 4 peoples computer... we use a dos batch command line to kick off powershell.exe the command we are running...
View ArticleRemotely create sites from a non IIS server
Hi! I'm creating some scripts to create websites to different web servers, but I'm standing in a non IIS server. So, I wanted to install the powershell snap-in for IIS administration, but I read that...
View ArticleCreate local user via dropdown from .csv
Helloi try to create a powershell script to create local users on Win7.All the user informations are stored in a .csv file.Now I'd like to have a dropdown-menu to choose which user should be created.So...
View ArticleExecution Policy Information
In order to run script ps1 files, one must change the execution policy to RemoteSigned.Is there any good (in-depth) information discussing the different execution policies and the risk thereof?Also, is...
View ArticleProblem retrieving network printer from a machine
I used the following script code gwmi -class Win32_Printer -Filter 'Shared = "True"'to retrieve the network but it does not get all of the ones..... but it returns the local one...... michael john ocasio
View ArticleCapturing log files from multiple .ps1 scripts called from within a .bat file
I am trying to invoke multiple instances of a powershell script and capture individual log files from each of them. I can start the multiple instances by calling 'start powershell' several times, but...
View ArticlePowershell Excel Chart - change series colors
I have a Powershell script that reads values from an Excel sheet and then creates a chart based on the values. The script works but I want to change the colors of the series in the bar chart. In VB...
View ArticleDifferent Results Remote vs Local Execution
Hello community,Working with powershell v2, I get hung up on problem.When I run the command "get-childitem -Recurse " on a remote machine using invoke-command, most of the Length values of the output...
View ArticleGet-ADGroupMember search by non Domain Admin
I'm trying to run the Get-ADGroupMember command as a non Domain Administrator, but everytime I run it it returns:Get-ADGroupMember : The specified directory service attribute or value does not exist At...
View ArticlePowershell Error (show-command)
HelloSudenly I've started getting error in PowerShell (all the consoles: regular user, admin user, ISE with regular user, ISE with admin). And also commands tab in ISE is empty. Tried running with...
View ArticleDeciding whether to build a Dot Net application or a Power Shell script
Hello,We have a robust Dot Net development environment and a lot of Dot Net experience. On the other hand, we are novices at Power Shell. Given our expertise in Dot Net, we would prefer to always use...
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Incorrect colours displayed by Write-Host
Much of my PowerShell is reporting and I like to use coloured output to make the results easier to interpret. I have on numerous occasions run into a problem with the wrong colours being displayed by...
View ArticleScript to move data recordings from one server to another automatically
Hi,I have windows server 2003 enterprise edition. The purpose of the server is to record the CCTV footage's and store them on the local hard drive. Currently we are manually copying the recordings to...
View Articlehelp with powershell
Hi,I'm new with powershell. I have a simple txt file with one line and numerisk value.I need a script that runs every day and change this value with -1.exp. The value is always in line 1old value -...
View ArticleOut of office with powershell
Hello. As a Global Admin of my domain I want to know if it is at all possible to set an Out of Office auto-reply through powershell to all my users or a distribution group. I've researched a bit and I...
View ArticleRunning commands with powershell - randomly need to press Enter for the...
Hi,I have noticed quiet a few times now that when i run some commands in a powershell window, the execution seems to hang and if i press enter the rest of the command is executed.It does it for such as...
View ArticleEvent Logs Backup/Clear Powershell Script
Greetings,I'm having some trouble with this PS script. I've been using it to remotely store all my event logs onto our file server. For some reason it isn't copying/clearing the SETUP log container....
View ArticlePerformance of powershell on 64bit on 2008 R2 v. powershell on 32bit on 2003 SP2
Converted a script written in vbscript to powershell v2.0. When running the script in 32bit mode on Windows Server 2003 SP2 script runs in about 10 minutes and processes 6500 files. Running the...
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