PowerShell.org Articles published in 2013.
The CIM cmdlets are found in the CIMcmdlets module. Get-Command -Module CimCmdlets produces this list of names. I"™ve added some information on the tasks they perform Get-CimAssociatedInstance is for working with WMI associated classes Get-CimClass is for discovering the properties and methods …
An email debate yesterday regarding the use of the CIM cmdlets (new in PowerShell 3) vs the WMI cmdlets made me realise that other people are probably wondering the same thing, The question is really part of a the semi-philosophical debate about when you should adopt new technology. In the case of …
I"™m postponing the 26 March session on PowerShell and Hyper-V until 9 April. Invites will go out shortly
A sample pack for the SDK is now available - see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/03/17/windows-powershell-3-0-sample-pack.aspx
Last time we saw the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet from the NetAdapter module PS> Get-NetAdapter | ft Name, InterfaceDescription, Status -a Name InterfaceDescription Status —- ——————– —— Ethernet NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Up WiFi Qualcomm Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter Up If you look …
John Mello gave a brief overview of the history of the Scripting Games and an overview of the beginner events from the 2013 Winter Scripting Camp. A copy of his presentation and 2013 Winter Scripting Camp submissions can be found here. Lido Paglia gave an overview of the advanced events from the …
I know, this took forever. Mea culpa. I’ve been working my shell off, and finally got around to pulling the info. Beginner Track Wouter Beens (4.667) Laurel Raven (4.5) Chris Davis (4.5) Advanced Track Alexander Kuzin (4.5) Lido Paglia (4.5) (anonymous) (4) Those are the average scores from …
This is a PowerShell-based WMI Explorer tool created by Marc van Orsouw (aka //\O//). His Web site has been down for ages, but Thomas Lee was helpful enough to post a copy of this, and we’re hosting it here as a backup against further unavailability. Download WMI Explorer
In an effort to keep folks as fully informed as possible, I’ll periodically share information about the Summit for next year. In this update, I want to explain how we’re hoping to address some of the issues (all good ones, actually) that we’ve experienced with the 2013 event. …
The WMI classes Win32_NetworkAdapter and Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration have seen a lot of use over the years. They can be a bit fiddly to use which is why the NetAdapter module in Windows 8/2012 is a so welcome. Lets start by looking at basic information gathering PS> Get-NetAdapter | ft -a …
