Cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
HiFirstly, apologies if this is a basic one, i am new to Powershell so still learning.I am trying to change a local admin password across the estate using powershell with the below script, however when...
View ArticleRDWEB - How do I display a \ on the home page?
I am trying to add text to RDWEB home page. I can't get the \ to display. I want to give the example of logging in as moa\peisenberg but this display as moapeisenbergWhat do I add to below command line...
View ArticleHow do I stop searching in a Foreach loop after my condition is found?
Hi,The goal is for each user in a list ($AllUsers) to search if a Mail attribute is already set on another user acct's UserPincipalName ($Upn) in the directory, and if found, set a flag and go to the...
View ArticleGC -Readline issue
I have a 1 GB txt file with 100000's of lines of SQL insert Cmdswhich i am trying to execute into a SQL DB.As the file is so big and uses 13gb of memory to process all in one go and normally has lots...
View ArticleGPO - (Logon) powershell script - Not executing
Hi everybody,So I setup a logon script to map some network drives depending on the group membership of a user:$user = $env:username # Get-ADUser $user -Properties * (Get-ADUser $user -Properties...
View ArticleExecution Policy on Windows 7 Clients for PowerShell Startup Script
I need to deploy a Powershell script via GPO and I'm wondering if I need to change the Execution Policy on all our clients before the script will run. Seems like I should have to but I'm new at...
View ArticlePowershell V4 issue with Get-Counter
Hello,Is there a workaround to use get-counter with both the -ComputerName and -Counter switches? Here is an example:$server = 'MyServer'get-counter -ComputerName $serverReturns a resultget-counter...
View ArticleExcluding files for extension with Powershell
Hello Dear, I need a help! I have a Fileserver windows server 2008 r2 and I want to execute a script that exclude all files that to finish with *.exe in all directories. I am using a following:...
View ArticleScript is not working when in a scheduled task
Hi Guys,I have wrote a script to verify if there's a specific user logged on a specific server and send an email in case he's not. Its working fine testing in a powershell shell, but when I put into a...
View ArticleGet-Command then Execute - is this possible?
HiBit of an interesting one, and not sure what term to "bing" to get answer, so hoping someone here has the answer :)So in the middle of writing a script. What I want to achieve is to get all commands...
View ArticleConvert a value in powershell
Hello all,I'm quite new in powershell, and here is what I want to do : I want to populate and AD group dynamically but without having to empty the group each time (Add-ADGroupMember send an error when...
View ArticleConvert a text file to html
hi, i have a text file with data in it without column headers, how can i add that and convert to html
View ArticleGet-mailbox parameters to target security and distribution groups
I'm trying to use a handy command in powershell that will delete existing email signatures in O365. However, I can't figure out how to use "get-mailbox" command to target a particular distribution or...
View ArticlePSEXEC - How Do I Query A Website
In the article named PowerShell Snap-in: Creating Web-Sites, Web applications, Virtual Directories and Application Pools, there is an explanation of how you can download the contents of a specific...
View ArticleRunning a Macro stored in xltm file on a xls file in PowerShell script....
Hi Experts,I am running a macro "FormatMacro" stored in FormatTemplate.xltm and I want to run it on a xls file.It is working fine from command prompt but Task Schedule is searching xltm file in...
View ArticleDeleting computer from AD
Hello,So I know the task seems simple, and it is except when I have the wrong name as input. This is what I am doing:Read a text file with fake and real AD objects using powershell (Code...
View ArticleCompare item lastwritetime
Hi everyone,Im doing a backup of a certain set of files and I want to create a powershell script which compares the lastwritetime from the backupfile with the lastwritetime of the originalfile. that...
View ArticleCreate a Master Powershell server (have all, do all)
Hello all, Could some one help point me in the right direction. I'm looking to create a master powershell server, one that can do everything in Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, IIS, OS...
View ArticleAdd-ClusterResource "Client Access Point"
Dear, People-Who-Are-Smarter-Than-Me,I have the requirements to remove/add Client Access Points to a cluster group at certain points during the year when testing different IP connectivity to a sql...
View ArticleDoes a Break in an If statement in Foreach Loop reset pointer back to...
Hi,For a list of Users, I want to 'exclude' a user from further processing if they occur in the Exclude List. I do a Break in an IF in the Foreach loop as shown below. When a Break occurs in either...
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