Author Archives: Jeffery Hicks

Training Down Under

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

I will be doing a private #PowerShell training class in Canberra, Australia in March. Since it is a long trek I’d love to add a second week of work, either training or speaking. I had a second training gig lined … Continue reading →

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Export and Import Hash Tables

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

I use hash tables quite a bit and with the impending arrival of PowerShell 3.0 I expect even more so. PowerShell v3 allows you to define a hash table of default parameter values. I’m not going to to cover that … Continue reading →

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PowerShell 3.0 Easy Rider

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

Today I gave an Live Meeting presentation for the PowerShell Virtual User Group. When the recording is posted I’ll update this post. I spoke about new features in Windows PowerShell 3.0 that I think will make it easier for people … Continue reading →

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Maximizing the PowerShell Console Title Bar

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

A few days ago Boe Prox posted some very nifty PowerShell modules for using the title bar as a ticker for RSS feeds like the weather. I thought this was an awesome idea and an easy way to take advantage … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun Get Content Words

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

Recently I was tracking down a bug in script for a client. The problem turned out to be a simple typo. I could have easily avoided that by using Set-StrictMode, which I do now, but that’s not what this is … Continue reading →

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