Monthly Archives: February 2009

Module Manifests

Posted on Thursday 26 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

When we looked at modules we used Export-Module at the end of the module file to control which functions were made visible.  This becomes a little awkward if we have a large number of functions that we may want to … Continue reading →

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LiveMeeting – Last Call

Posted on Wednesday 25 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

7pm GMT on Thursday February 26th sees Rolf Masuch presenting on using PowerShell as Active Directory Login Script.  Details here http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?_c01_BlogPart=blogentry&_c=BlogPart&handle=cns!43CFA46A74CF3E96!2079   Technorati Tags: PowerShell,User Group

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Windows 7

Posted on Wednesday 25 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

Just installed Windows 7 on an old laptop – 0.75GB RAM single core.  It works a treat and is reasonably responsive.  It is more than enough for Office type applications and Internet.  Well impressed as Vista wouldn’t even look at … Continue reading →

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Active Directory 4th Edition

Posted on Wednesday 25 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

Active Directory 4th Edition is the latest update to the classic book on the subject.  I have read at least parts of each of the previous versions and I find it becomes more valuable with each succeeding edition. Four authors … Continue reading →

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PowerShell UG March

Posted on Tuesday 24 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

The March meeting will be on Thursday 26th March at 6.30pm Location:  Microsoft Offices in Reading (TVP) Memphis room Speakers: Jonathan Medd on the AD cmdlets in Windows Server 2008 R2 Alan Renouf on VMWare’s VI toolkit plus there will … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Modules II

Posted on Tuesday 24 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

Last time we created a script file with three functions new-password which controls the creation of a new password get-randchar which generates a random character from a given character set add-character which adds one of more characters of a given … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Modules

Posted on Monday 23 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

After reading Thomas’ post on modules – http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2009/01/powershell-audit-reports-turning-great.html I had decided that I need to move my script collection over to a set of modules.  It would be easier to manage, force me to combine the numerous versions of scripts … Continue reading →

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Thursday – Live Meeting

Posted on Monday 23 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

Don’t forget 7pm GMT on Thursday February 26th sees Rolf Masuch presenting on using PowerShell as Active Directory Login Script.  Details here http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?_c01_BlogPart=blogentry&_c=BlogPart&handle=cns!43CFA46A74CF3E96!2079    Technorati Tags: PowerShell,User Group

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PowerShell advanced function parameters

Posted on Saturday 21 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

One annoying error I have just stumbled over.  When using the Parameter keyword don’t put a space after it.  If you do this [Parameter (Position=0,HelpMessage="The length of password. Default is random between 8 and 12")] you will get this error … Continue reading →

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PowerShell ISE syntax errors

Posted on Friday 20 February 2009 by richardsiddaway

One thing I’ve noticed with the ISE is that if you have a syntax error such as mismatched brackets or forget a closing “ on a string all of the colour syntax highlighting disappears after the error – the text … Continue reading →

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