PowerShell 3 SDK samples
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
Articles
PowerShell articles, tutorials, and guides from community experts.
Network Adapters"“Disable/Enable
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 …
PhillyPoSH 03/07/2013 meeting summary and presentation materials
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 …
Scripting Games
Announcing Winter Scripting Camp Winners
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 …
Tools
WMI Explorer
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
PowerShell Summit
PowerShell Summit 2014 Planning Continues
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. …
Network adapters
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 …
Windows 8 Kindle app
Amazon have released an update for the Windows 8 Kindle app that appears to have resolved the corrupted display issue that occurred after every few pages of reading. I would recommend updating the app immediately. The app now seems to be usable.
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Last nights Live Meeting
The sound was awful on last night"™s Live Meeting so I intend to re-record it at the weekend. I"™ll post the recording and scripts once its done. I"™m also investigating an alternative delivery mechanism that will hopefully solve the sound issues.