Powershell v2 | My First Script, Need Guiding Hand for Start-Job Function....
Alright everything thank you for taking a look at the post as I seem to have hit a brick wall... I am trying to "Multi-Thread" aka add the start-job function to my script. I spent about 4-5 days...
View ArticleEdit BindingRedirect for GAC assemblies
To further automate our deployments I have to find a way to script the dll GAC bindings. I tried some possible solutions but have to admit that I'm stuck now. These bindings are stored in the...
View ArticleGet folder properties from a collection of servers
Im new to powershell and need a little help. I have a script put together that does what I need it to do on a single server but I want it to query the folder properties of a collection of servers and...
View ArticleFor /F command not working on windows 2003 server
I am unable to run below command FOR /F "delims==" %G IN ('SET') DO @Echo %Gon one of my windows 2003 server where its working fine with all other windows 2000 2003 and 2008 servers.whenever i run...
View ArticleMerge CSV files
Hi, I am writing a script that dumps output into 2 CSV files. Both CSV files contains different column headers (pulled from different data sources). I want to merge both CSV files into a single file....
View ArticlePowershell: OnFocus validate identity
I am building a form that will automate my companies computer builds a little better (SCCM doesn't do everything) and in order to make it "fat finger proof" I want to validate that the user id that is...
View ArticleMethod invocation failed because [System.Object[]] doesn't contain a method...
Hello, When I try to use the split method, it works in PowerShell v3 and not in v2! While I search this in forums, I found relevant posts but not sure why it generate error message in v2! Here is the...
View Articleline breaks in PowerShell source code
http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/10/29/line-breaks-after-quot-quot-and-quot-quot.aspx discusses the fact that PS V3 allows line breaks after the object property . and :: characters....
View ArticleQuery ACL or Security of a DNS record - Powershell
i would like to query DNS for records that have the security of a the PC so I can delete them all. I have gotten to the point where i can get the record as an object, but need to know the method to...
View ArticleHow to copy very large directory trees?
How feasible is it it write a script in powershell, etc... to implement a linux "cp -R" or windows "xcopy/s" program that can continue where it left off after a reboot? I cannot think of clever way do...
View Articleerror trying to bind to usere mailbox using Exchange Web Services.
Exception calling "Bind" with "2" argument(s): "The request failed. The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send." On my workstation using ews v 1.1 it works. When I...
View ArticlePowershell query to determine correct Password Expiration date with Fine...
Hello everyone, I like many people are having problems extracting the true password expiration date out of AD while having a FGPP in place. I have it set for 365 days but any and all queries always use...
View ArticleCalling overloaded .NET methods
I have a .NET method; it can be called by passing a string type or an object of type say, myObject. When I call the .Net method, PS thinks that it a string type eventhough I am passing myObject. I...
View Articlepowershell script to login to a linksys router.
When I run the script below I get the following error. Actually I get it for password and login also. It opens a second tab with the login information. How do I get to these fields. You cannot call...
View Articlequery other Domain Controllers event logs
hi we have a few accounts that keep getting locked out. we have 6 DC's, 2 of which are server 2008 R2 the rest are server 2008. i have created a scheduled task on the 2 R2 servers to look for event ID...
View ArticlePowerShell: Count instances of the different os versions in a domain
Hey, I would like to count instances of windows XP and windows 7 machines in our domain because we are currently doing an upgrade. I need to put this in a existing script, so I can make a chart out of...
View ArticleI'm trying to create a P3 script that stop/start services on 3 servers in order.
connect to 3 servers and stop 2 services on each server first and then go back (in order..server 1, server 2, server 3) and then start those 2 services on each. I tried this one but it's not making it...
View ArticlePowerShell Custom PSSnapIn deployment failure
Hello, I created a sample of custom PSSnapin, and I want to deploy it, the project was created as Class Library project, with signed key... The project was containing the following code:...
View ArticleFunctions Advanced Parameters
I am working with the ValidatePattern parameter and need a regex pattern to match a date like so 10/30/2012, I am a n00b when it comes to regular expressions, so not sure how to come up with a pattern...
View ArticleIs it possible to verify loaded modules in Implicit Remoting session?
Hello, I'm trying to open Implicit Remoting session to import certain modules from the remote server. I'm able to import required modules and close the session normally. But I'm unable to check whether...
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