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You always get back all instances of a given WMI class when using Get-WMIObject. However, what if you just wanted to get a specific instance? Or you...

You can use WMI to determine how much free space is available on any given disk: Get-WMIObject Win32_LogicalDisk | Foreach-Object { 'Disk {0}...

PowerShell uses the US/English date format when converting user input to DateTime, which can cause unexpected results if using a different culture....

Read-Host is a useful cmdlet to use to ask for user input. However, it returns user input always as generic string. Of course, you can always...

Here is a challenge for you. The following code is a simple currency converter. However, when you run it, you'll notice it doesn't convert...

Every so often, you'll need to filter files by age. Maybe you'll only want to see files that are older than 20 days old and delete them or...

While Get-Date returns the current date and time, it really returns a DateTime object. You can use this object to find out more about the date or to...

Since PowerShell is culture-independent, you can pick any culture you want and use the culture-specific formats. The following script instantiates...

Get-Date provides you with the current date and time. With the -format parameter, you can add style to it. For example, use -format with a lowercase...

You may find that Vista's new Instant Search can sometimes get out of hand and slow down your machine. Temporarily disabling and then stopping...

PowerShell supports two types of multi-dimensional arrays: jagged arrays and true multidimensional arrays. Jagged arrays are normal PowerShell...

While you can add and remove array elements with PowerShell arrays, this is an expensive operation and not recommended with large numbers of...