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In a previous tip we illustrated the double hop problem that can occur in remoting when your remote code tries to authenticate against a third...

Whenever you execute PowerShell code remotely with Invoke-Command, your credentials are locked to the machine you initially contacted. PowerShell...

Ever wondered why some programs launch whenever you log into Windows? Here’s a one liner listing autostarts that affect your login: #requires...

While you can contact the Active Directory to retrieve a list of group memberships for a user, a much easier way gets that information directly from...

Ever wanted to translate a security identifier (SID) to the real name? Here is a function helping you: #requires -Version 3.0 function...

Here is yet another free source of geolocation information, exposing your current public IP and location information: #requires -Version 3.0...

Here is a one-liner that retrieves information about your operating system: Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object -Property...

If you have installed the free Microsoft RSAT tools with the “ActiveDirectory” PowerShell module, here is a quick way to get a list of...

Did you ever need the first and last day in a given month? Here is a simple approach: # specify the date you want to examine # default is today...

As you have seen in previous tips, the Internet knows your IP address, and also where you are located. You can get the latitude and longitude of...

Would you like to know what your public IP address is that you are currently using while being connected to the Internet? It’s a one-liner:...

Beginning with Windows 8 and Server 2012, operating systems ship with extensive PowerShell modules to manage server and client. They provide cmdlets...

Requires PowerShell 5 or better This week we are looking at enumerations: what they are, and how you can benefit from them. Beginning in PowerShell...

This week we are looking at enumerations: what they are, and how you can benefit from them. In the previous tips, we looked at enumerations, and...

This week we are looking at enumerations: what they are, and how you can benefit from them. In the previous tips, we explored how enumerations work....

This week we are looking at enumerations: what they are, and how you can benefit from them. In the previous tip we explained how PowerShell converts...

This week we are looking at enumerations: what they are, and how you can benefit from them. When a cmdlet or method requires an enumeration value,...

When working across language boundaries, you might want to use a way to “normalize” date and time, for example for logging. Instead of...

PowerShell can access all public .NET classes, so it is (fairly) easy to create a message box: $result = [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show('Do...

Ever wanted to find out how long a particular command or portion of your script took to complete? Here is a simple Stopwatch object that can help...

PowerShell 3 or better This week we are looking at how you can change coloring both in the PowerShell console and PowerShell ISE so you can fine...

This week we are looking at how you can change coloring both in the PowerShell console and PowerShell ISE so you can fine tune your PowerShell...

This week we are looking at how you can change coloring both in the PowerShell console and PowerShell ISE so you can fine tune your PowerShell...