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Identifying Connected Domain

One quick way to determine the name of the domain you are connected to is WMI: PS> Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_NTDomain DomainName...

Simple Built-In Password Generator

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There is a hidden gem in the .NET System.Web assembly which lets you create random passwords of any length in no time: # total password length...

Creating Dummy Test Files

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If you need to test file system load, test failover clusters, or need large dummy files otherwise, rather than creating new files and slowly filling...

Reading HTTP Headers from Websites

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When you navigate to a web page, your browser silently receives meta information inside the HTTP header which is typically invisible. To display the...

Using FTP: Uploading File (Part 4)

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PowerShell does not come with cmdlets to download and upload data via FTP. However, you can use .NET for this. To upload a file from your local...

Using FTP: Downloading Binary File (Part 3)

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PowerShell does not come with cmdlets to download and upload data via FTP. However, you can use .NET for this. To download a file from an FTP server...

Using FTP: Downloading File (Part 2)

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PowerShell does not come with cmdlets to download and upload data via FTP. However, you can use .NET for this. To download a file from an FTP...

Using FTP: Listing Folders (Part 1)

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PowerShell does not come with cmdlets to download and upload data via FTP. However, you can use .NET for this. To display the contents of an FTP...

Discovering Public IP Address

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Using a web service, it is almost trivial to determine your public IP address and information about your ISP: PS> Invoke-RestMethod -Uri...

Displaying Warning Dialog (Part 2)

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In the previous tip we created new shortcut files, and you have seen how the CreateShortcut() method provides methods to control almost any detail...

Displaying Warning Dialog (Part 1)

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Here is a quick code sample that displays a popup warning dialog: Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms $message = 'Your system will...

Error Handling for Console Commands

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Occasionally it is useful and even necessary to use console applications in PowerShell scripts. In the previous tip, for example, we looked at ways...

Removing Network Drives

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While Remove-PSDrive can remove all kinds of drives including network drives, changes may not take effect until the system reboots. That’s of...

Listing Network Drives

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There are many ways to list mapped network drives. One of them uses PowerShell’s Get-PSDrive and checks to see whether the target root starts...

Reading Printer Properties (Part 3)

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In previous tips we looked at how you can use Get-PrinterProperty to read printer properties for locally installed printers. This cmdlet is part of...

Reading Printer Properties (Part 2)

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In the previous tip we looked at Get-PrinterProperty which is part of the PrintManagement module and available on Windows operating systems. In this...