Go GUI-less and avoid the Get-Credential cmdlet's dialog with this helpful script for supplying alternative credentials.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/15/2011
There's power in defining constants, even in PowerShell. Check out this week's tip.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/07/2011
PowerShell can help you retrieve collections of objects or services, or just a unique subset of information. Let's look at a few cmdlets that can help you narrow your focus.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/01/2011
I advise against it. But if you must use a logon script to authenticate, here's how to get it done with PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/25/2011
PowerShell's object nature is fine most of the time, but sometimes we need to dig deep and use the Split and Join operators to break apart strings and put them back together again.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/18/2011
Here's a way to get beyond the usual looking into file properties and time stamps and start changing them.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/11/2011
Three good reasons to like the next version of PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/03/2011
Debug the longer PowerShell scripts by inserting breakpoints -- and some choice PowerShell cmdlets -- that will help you see how scripts are processing information along the way.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/27/2011
Microsoft last week released a community technology preview version of Windows Management Framework 3.0.
The Get-WMIObject cmdlet will have you sniffing out what's on your network in no time. Here's how.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/20/2011
Some tricks for using the Get-Content cmdlet that will have you retrieving content in less than no time.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/13/2011
Get past the Get-Credential cmdlet security pop-up with this nifty trick that automatically enters credentials as needed.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/06/2011
Take the guesswork out of your scripts and find out the common risks via the -Whatif parameter.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/23/2011
Let me offer a few suggestions that will make your script writing easier, more productive and less buggy.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/16/2011
Deploying scripts with parameters? Be sure to validate input. Here are a few validation tests worth considering.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/09/2011