Workflow Recursion workaround
Hi -Is there a workaround that will allow recursion within a PS workflow? I've got some code that looks up the IP address of trusted domains, then tries to connect to each IP address for each trusted...
View ArticlePowershell not merging files
Hi there,I am literally hours new at Powershell scripting. I took on a project of developing a process that would scan a folder for presence of files matching a specific...
View ArticleGetting the output of a batchfile to Powershell
Greetings. I have a list of batchfiles that triggers Powershell script, that will throw error message when different errors were encountered in the execution. In the end of the batchfile, I have...
View ArticleWrite-Progress without something to count.
Hello all,I am writing some scripts for various Hyper-V tasks and would like to use "write-progress" for some of the tasks that take a long time in the scripts, for example "Export-VMSnapshot".I've...
View ArticlePowerShell with Password
Here is the issue I have. I work for a large company and generally deal with many user who either work from home or are traveling. The issue we run into most of the time is that if the VPN is not...
View ArticleDelete folders older than X days via SQL Agent Job
I've been trying to run the script below which is on my disk via a SQL Agent job with parameters but it just runs forever and never deletes any content.# Set limit -x days $limit =...
View ArticleSQL Server Like syntax when used via Powershell
I'm writing some Powershell scripts to perform some basic SQL Server table maintenance.This is what I'm running in Powershell...Get-Query $SqlConnection "select top 1000 * FROM...
View ArticleHow does .NET refer to "by reference" in method calls?
Consider the following code that modifies some of the elements of array $a$a = 1,2,4,5,3,6 [array]::sort($a)What sort of lingo describes the arguments to a method where the method may modify the object...
View ArticleTake last 4 digits in Business Phone and add to IP Phone atttribute
Hope someone can help. We have all our users 10 digit phone number in Active Directory under the Business Phone. We are integrating our Phone system with AD but want to pull the IP Phone attribute from...
View Articleis there a better way to get all servers in an AD forest using powershell
I am running this function to get all my servers from all domains in my forest. Is there a better and faster way to do this function.---------------------function Get-Servers {...
View ArticleANUC.ps1 help
I am trying to modify http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/New-User-Creation-tool-14fa73cd ANUC.ps1 script so I can do firstnamelastname NOT firstname.lastname. When I replace all...
View Articledivide string with ";" and search
hi Need helpSuppose i have a textbox where user is Pasting list of computer name and its separated by ";". So all the name in between the text in need to search.eg. SRV123;SRV-234;SRV-345powershell...
View ArticlePowershell question about formatting a string of text
Examples are:One Two ThreeOne, Two, ThreeOne - Two - Three!I need to take a line of text like up in the example and convert it to a string of text where each word is separated with a dash and no...
View ArticleStart-Process ignores the parameter "-wait" with explorer.exe
Hi all,maybe it´s a stupid question, but...Start-Process notepad.exe -Wait...will wait for closing the process "notepad.exe".Start-Process explorer.exe -Wait...will not wait for closing it, instead the...
View ArticlePowershell with Batch file
I want to Verify the AD Credentials given in the batch file. I got the powershell script 2.ps1Function Test-ADCredentials { Param([string]$username,[string]$pwd,[string]$domain) Add-Type...
View ArticleShadowgroups and sending mail on specific days before password expires
I have no scripting skills, so please be patient with me :-) We have FGPP in place in combination with shadow groups. Used...
View ArticleI need a powershell command to replace unicode chars in a file name to a...
Can anyone provide me with a powershell command which will search and replace a specific unicode character in a file name to just a blank space?Thanks
View ArticleScript Add bulk user with CSV, and set expiration date
After importing the AD module, the line:Set-ADAccountExpiration -identity JohnDoe -timespan "365" Works just fine, but how would you automate this with a script that would read a csv-file. The...
View ArticlePowershell Crashing, Faulting application name: powershell.exe, version:...
I am not sure where to post this but anyway here it goes...PowerShell Crashes when our users (Non Admin) try to run PowerShell scripts wehn logged into our W2k8 RemoteDesktop Servers. I have been...
View ArticleGet-Counter ASP.NET Requests Queued
Hello May I ask why my powershell script is not running? get-counter -counter '\ASP.NET\Requests Queued' -computername servername2 I'm running the script in server1.Windows Powershell ISE Host...
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