Monthly Archives: August 2013

Server Core Module

Posted on Saturday 31 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

On a Windows Server 2012 system you will find a ServerCore module with two cmdlets Get-DisplayResolutionSet-DisplayResolution On a full GUI system the cmdlets work PS> Get-DisplayResolution1366×7681280×1024   And thats it!  Not a lot but it shows the basic information You … Continue reading →

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Third Age of PowerShell

Posted on Saturday 31 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

We’re now firmly in the Third Age of PowerShell. The First Age covered the betas and PowerShell 1.0 PowerShell was adopted by developers and admins (with a scripting background) that saw the need for better automation tools and went looking … Continue reading →

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Travelling devices

Posted on Saturday 31 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

Disclaimer: The following is based on my personal experiences and needs that may well not match yours. Feel free to disagree with my conclusions. I offer my insights to help others decide on the devices that suit them.   I’ve … Continue reading →

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Filtering AD searches

Posted on Friday 30 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

Interesting question came up regarding how you define a Filter when you are searching for particular users. With the Microsoft cmdlets you can define a filter or an ldapfilter. In these examples we’re looking for users that don’t have email … Continue reading →

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Setting an IP address

Posted on Friday 30 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

I need to add an IP address to an adapter.  I could use the GUI or WMI but with Windows 8/2012 and above I’ve got all of the nifty networking cmdlets to play with. Lets start with finding the adapter … Continue reading →

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Protecting your csv files

Posted on Thursday 29 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

I’m using csv files for this example but it applies to other types of file as well. Let’s produce a csv file:Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\Richard\Documents -File | select FullName, Length, LastWriteTime | Export-Csv files.csv This gives a small, useful set of … Continue reading →

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It’s the little things

Posted on Thursday 29 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

I’ve been spending some quality time with PowerShell 2.0 recently. When it was all we had it was great but there’s a bunch of things I miss from PowerShell 3.0 including: CIM cmdlets CIM sessions Workflows Module auto loading Improved … Continue reading →

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DNS zone types

Posted on Thursday 29 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

I was looking at the DNS zones for a project I’m working on. I needed to discover the conditional forwarder zone and hence the IP address of the DNS server to which the forwarding was occurring. The zone I wanted … Continue reading →

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AD Management MEAP–chapter 17

Posted on Thursday 29 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

My Learn AD Management in a Month of Lunches is moving on apace with the release of chapter 17 to the Early Access Process. This one covers AD replication http://www.manning.com/siddaway3 Enjoy

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International Module

Posted on Wednesday 28 August 2013 by richardsiddaway

The International module has an interesting set of cmdlets:£> Get-Command -Module International | select Name Name—-Get-WinAcceptLanguageFromLanguageListOptOutGet-WinCultureFromLanguageListOptOutGet-WinDefaultInputMethodOverrideGet-WinHomeLocationGet-WinLanguageBarOptionGet-WinSystemLocaleGet-WinUILanguageOverrideGet-WinUserLanguageListNew-WinUserLanguageListSet-CultureSet-WinAcceptLanguageFromLanguageListOptOutSet-WinCultureFromLanguageListOptOutSet-WinDefaultInputMethodOverrideSet-WinHomeLocationSet-WinLanguageBarOptionSet-WinSystemLocaleSet-WinUILanguageOverrideSet-WinUserLanguageList £> Get-WinHomeLocation | fl * GeoId        : 242HomeLocation : United Kingdom £> Get-WinSystemLocale | fl * Parent                         : enLCID                           : 2057KeyboardLayoutId               : 2057Name                           : … Continue reading →

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