PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com Out-GridView is a great way to present results in a “mini-Excel” sheet: Get-Process | Out-GridView However, Out-GridView has two requirements:.NET Framework 3.5.1 and the built-in script editor ISE must both be installed. ISE is not installed by default on Windows Servers. So, if you want to use… Continue reading Use Out-GridView Requirements
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: If you need to set the default value for a Registry Key, you can use either of these approaches: Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\Somekey -Name ‘(Default)’ -Value MyValue Or, you can just do this: Set-Item -Path HKCU:\Software\Somekey -Value MyValue thanks
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: Use the provider name instead of a drive name when you need to get a list of all Registry Hives: Dir Registry:: thanks aman
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: By using WMI, you can enumerate the start mode that you want your services to use. To get a list of all services, try this: Get-WMIObject Win32_Service | Select-Object Name, StartMode If you want to find out the start mode of one specific service, try this instead:… Continue reading Determining Service Start Modes using PowerShell
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: You can use WMI like this if you want to change a service start mode: ([wmi]’Win32_Service.Name=”Spooler”‘).ChangeStartMode(‘Automatic’).ReturnValue ([wmi]’Win32_Service.Name=”Spooler”‘).ChangeStartMode(‘Manual’).ReturnValue Note that a return value of 0 indicates success. You will need Administrator privileges to change the start mode. Thanks to www.powershell.com
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: Finding IP and MAC address When you query network adapters with WMI, it is not easy to find the active network card. To find the network card(s) that are currently connected to the network, you can filter based on NetConnectionStatus which needs to be “2” for connected… Continue reading Finding IP and MAC address
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com Sometimes it would be nice to be able to access network adapter configuration based on the name of that adapter as it appears in your Network and Sharing Center. To find the network configuration data for any network card with a “LAN” in its name, use this code:… Continue reading Finding Network Adapter Data Based On Connection Name
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: If you want to capture PowerShell results in a text file, you can redirect the results or pipe them to Out-File. In any case, what you capture is the exact representation of what would have been displayed in your PowerShell console. So, depending on the amount of data,… Continue reading Outputting Text Reports without Truncating
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: Converting User Names to SIDs If you want to translate a valid user name to its security identifier (SID), here is a function to do that for you: Converting User Names to SIDs If you want to translate a valid user name to its security identifier (SID),… Continue reading Converting User Names to SIDs using PowerShell
