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Sometimes, native commands such as net.exe return cryptic error numbers instead of full error messages. Traditionally, you could use the following...

Thanks to Shay Levy from http://powershellmagazine.com for showing how to do this: here's a small function that returns the architecture an...

Often, you may need a list of strings and want to store it in a variable. The common coding practice is like this: $MachineType =...

With Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod, PowerShell 3.0 now has powerful support for downloading information from the Internet as well as...

Did you know that you can use the Help Window that comes with PowerShell 3.0 and display your own text information inside of it? What's even...

If you find yourself submitting the same value for a cmdlet parameter over and over again, then PowerShell 3.0 lets you set a default value. Once...

One common headache are non-matching braces or parentheses in PowerShell scripts. So when you write a script, it is recommended to align matching...

In a previous tip we illustrated that ISE code snippets (press CTRL+J to view them) are plain ps1xml-files that you can manage in File Explorer. By...

By default, the PowerShell 3.0 ISE editor loads code snippets automatically, and you can then select and insert any of these by pressing CTRL+J....

The PowerShell 3.0 ISE editor ships with a number of default code snippets that you can see (and insert) by pressing CTRL+J. Once you start to...

In a previous tip, we showed how you can use New-IseSnippet to add new code snippets to the ISE editor in PowerShell 3.0. These custom snippets stay...

The new PowerShell 3.0 ISE editor features a snippet menu that lets you easily insert predefined code snippets. Simply press CTRL+J to open the...