Monthly Archives: October 2012

DnsClient module: #2 DnsClient & Cache

Posted on Tuesday 23 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

The DnsClient module has a number of Get- cmdlets Get-DnsClient | Format-List InterfaceAlias, ConnectionSpecificSuffix, Register*, UseSuffix* An example of the output is InterfaceAlias                 : Ethernet ConnectionSpecificSuffix       : RegisterThisConnectionsAddress : True UseSuffixWhenRegistering       : False Of more interest when trouble shooting is … Continue reading →

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UK PowerShell Group–November 2012

Posted on Saturday 20 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

When: Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 7:30 PM (BST) Where: *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* PowerShell workflows are one of the major new features of PowerShell v3. This session will provide an introduction to using this functionality and some ideas of where they fit into … Continue reading →

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A question of scope

Posted on Thursday 18 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

I had a question left on my blog regarding scope.  The following is a simplified version of the problem function level1 { $iterations++ Write-Host ‘$iterations in level 1 = ‘ $iterations level2 } function level2 { $iterations++ Write-Host ‘$iterations in … Continue reading →

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DnsClient module: #1 Get-DnsClientServerAddress

Posted on Tuesday 16 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

Started to investigate the DnsClient module.  First cmdlet to catch my eye was Get-DnsClientServerAddress. Always good to know a way to find the DNS server. PS> Get-DnsClientServerAddress InterfaceAlias               Interface Address ServerAddresses                              Index     Family ————–               ——— ——- ————— Bluetooth Network … Continue reading →

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PowerShell 3 and Word

Posted on Monday 15 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

  This is a common scenario $word = New-Object -ComObject “Word.application” $word.visible = $true $doc = $word.Documents.Add() $doc.Activate() $word.Selection.Font.Name = “Cambria” $word.Selection.Font.Size = “20” $word.Selection.TypeText(“PowerShell”) $word.Selection.TypeParagraph() $word.Selection.Font.Name = “Calibri” $word.Selection.Font.Size = “12” $word.Selection.TypeText(“The best scripting language in the world!”) $word.Selection.TypeParagraph() … Continue reading →

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PowerShell summit

Posted on Sunday 14 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

April 22-14  2013 – Microsoft campus.  PowerShell team and MVPs http://powershell.org/summit/ Tickets going fast

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CDXML modules and nouns

Posted on Sunday 14 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

CDXML modules don’t expose the verb and the noun of the cmdlets they publish.  If you want to discover the set of nouns in a CDXML module you need a bit of brute force: Get-Command -Module DhcpServer |foreach {  ($_.Name … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 update

Posted on Friday 12 October 2012 by richardsiddaway

The first Windows 8 update became available this week.  This fixes some issues that have come up during the OEM process.  Fast and frequent updates sound good to me. In addition number of apps have been updated – one I … Continue reading →

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