database-tools

While Get-Command delivers a list of available cmdlets, sometimes you'd like to find out which new cmdlets come from a specific snap-in....

You will find cmdlets available in PowerShell can come from two sources: PowerShell-SnapIns and (new in v.2) modules. Try this to see which cmdlets...

It is a good idea to check out how PowerShell v.2 automatically detects and loads all available system modules. Simply look at the definition of the...

In PowerShell v.2, you can import modules to load additional cmdlets and providers. Windows 7 comes with a number of such modules. Use the...

PowerShell can access COM-Objects as there are many useful objects present on a system. For example, WIA.Image can return all kinds of useful...

In PowerShell V2, Get-Random retrieves as many random numbers as you like, allowing you to use this random number generator in many scenarios. A...

When you move onto PowerShell V2, most of your V1 scripts will hopefully continue to work. There are only few bug fixes that could affect...

You may want to occasionally restart a single-instance process. However, shutting down a process does not necessarily mean it is killed in that...

PowerShell has an extremely flexible way of submitting return values. Instead of explicitly setting the return value of a function, PowerShell...

Working with event logs has become a lot easier in PowerShell v.2, and you have seen how you create and maintain your own logs. So, if you'd...

In PowerShell v.2, it is very easy to create and maintain your very own event logs to track errors in your scripts or other automation solutions....

In PowerShell v.2, Get-WinEvent provides access to events written to the numerous Windows event logs. In addition, you can also examine event...

There are numerous Windows event logs and you now have full control using Get-WinEvent in PowerShell v.2. Instead of searching for specific event...

In PowerShell v.1, Get-Eventlog would retrieve standard event log entries from event logs like "System" or "Application," but...

It isn't always easy to pick the right process because the process ID or process name may not be known or ambiguous. If the process has a window...

Get-Process retrieves all running processes and a wealth of information attached to them. One especially useful property is mainWindowTitle which...

Windows 7 comes with a bunch of modules that are not loaded by default. Use this to see which modules are available: Get-Module -listAvailable For...

Modules in PowerShell v.2 can declare which functions, variables, aliases etc. are public and visible to the caller and which ones are hidden. With...

In PowerShell v.2, all new modules work like libraries and can be loaded using Import-Module to gain access to all public functions, variables,...

In a previous tip, you learned about the new modules in PowerShell v.2, which can be loaded using Import-Module. Once you have loaded a module, it...

In PowerShell v.2, there is a new feature called "module," which is a file with the extension .psm1 and behaves almost exactly like a...

Trap, which has been around since PowerShell v.1, is designed to catch errors and works like this: trap { Write-Host -foregroundcolor Yellow `...

As PowerShell v.2 becomes more common , you may want to check which PowerShell version a machine is running. Use this to differentiate between v.1...

As PowerShell becomes more important, you may want to automatically check whether it is available on a machine. To determine whether any PowerShell...