Month: January 2015

PowerShell 3.0 and later In PowerShell 3.0, a new feature called “Automatic Unrolling” was introduced. With it, you can write code like this:...

All PowerShell versions To preserve all the PowerShell commands that you entered in a PowerShell session, check out this one liner:...

All PowerShell versions In a previous tip we illustrated how you can take a DELL serial number and check online the warranty status. Other vendors...

PowerShell Version 2.0 and later If you own a DELL computer, you can take advantage of a web service that takes your computer serial number and...

PowerShell 2.0 and later Anyone who needs to manage MSI installer packages may benefit from an open source project found here:...

PowerShell 4.0 and later If you know that a given script needs Administrator privileges, then a simple #requires statement is enough to make sure...

Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...

Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...

Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...

All PowerShell versions PowerShell uses short names for the most common .NET types. To see if there is a short name for a .NET type you are using,...