Category Archives: CommandLine

Custom Prompts 3 Ways

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Recently, a number of PowerShell MVPs were having a discussion about the transcript feature in Windows PowerShell. One comment that arose was a need to see how long tasks have run or otherwise provide some sort of date time information. … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Is Not Omnipotent

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Last week I was working on a problem in a PowerShell forum. The admin was having problems getting Add-Computer to work. After a bit of “try this/try that” something became clear, and it’s something that is easy to overlook. Especially … Continue reading →

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Get Your TCP Ports Here!

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Once again, the PowerShell forum at ScriptingAnswers.com has undone me. I was answering a question about running Netstat in a PowerShell session on a remote computer which got me thinking about a PowerShell function to turn NETSTAT.EXE output into objects. … Continue reading →

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WBADMIN Demo

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Earlier this year I wrote an article for REDMOND Magazine about the new backup features in Windows Server 2008 R2. I’m not going to re-hash the article here except to say it includes some sample scripts on using the WBADMIN … Continue reading →

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PowerShell vs Jesus

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Ok. I decided it’s time I finally weigh in on this with more than 140 characters. I’m sure you’ve seen, in forums, Twitter and other social media comparisons between Windows PowerShell and some other shell of choice. Typically the “other” … Continue reading →

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