Get Updates on Microsoft Updates
Here's a VBScript script that details how many Microsoft updates are installed and the date of the most recently installed update on Windows XP machines.
Windows IT Pro - Brandon Jones
Monitor Network Connections with Pingmon
Rather than spending money on a commercial program or digging through huge ping logs, you can use the Pingmon script to monitor your network connections.
Windows IT Pro - Bill Aycock
Retrieve Information from Open Browsing Sessions
If you need to retrieve information from an open Internet Explorer (IE) browsing session, try Get-IEUrl.ps1. With this PowerShell script, you can get and save web pages' URLs, titles, text, and even IE objects.
Windows IT Pro - Alex K. Angelopoulos
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[October 20, 2009]
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Protect Your PowerShell Scripts
Here are three precautions that will go a long way in protecting your PowerShell scripts and securing your system.
Windows IT Pro - Robert Sheldon
New to Scripting? Check Out These Series
If you want to learn about PowerShell, Windows shell scripting (.bat and .cmd), or T-SQL, here are some novice-level articles that can help.
Windows IT Pro - Karen Bemowski
Q. How can I get a list of all aliases available in PowerShell?
FAQ for Windows - John Savill
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[September 16, 2009]
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What Applications Are Installed on the Computers in Your Network?
If you often need to identify the software that's installed on the computers in your network, here's a PowerShell script you can use to easily audit one or more computers.
Windows IT Pro - Bill Stewart
Find Document Handlers for Specific Users
Trying to find out what application really opens a document for a user on local or remote machine? This code can help.
Windows IT Pro - Alex K. Angelopoulos
Tool Time: 175 Free Tools for the Taking
Find out about 175 freebies you can take advantage of when working with Windows OSs, virtual machines, Exchange servers, SharePoint sites, and even SQL Server setups.
Windows IT Pro - Karen Bemowski
Use DevCon To Install Device Drivers Remotely
If you have to install a device driver on a lot of computers, give DevCon a try.
Windows IT Pro - M. Hakan Can
VMworld 2009: VMware readies PCoIP
VMware launches a new remote display protocol
Windows IT Pro - Michael Otey
VMworld 2009: Is Spring Source a good fit for VMware?
Is a Java development product a good fit for the leading virtualization provider?
Windows IT Pro - Michael Otey
VMworld 2009: VMware looks to virtualize mobile phones
Virtualization goes mobile
Windows IT Pro - Michael Otey
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[August 18, 2009]
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PowerShell Script Lists Group Hierarchies in Any LDAP Directory
You can extend PowerShell's capabilities by taking advantage of the Microsoft .NET Framework. If you work with non-Microsoft LDAP directories, one particularly useful .NET tool is the System.DirectoryServices.Protocols namespace.
Windows IT Pro - Ethan Wilansky
Remote Administration Software Puts a GUI Face on WMI's Functionality
With WMIX 2.0, you don't need to write a script or install software agents to query and manage remote Windows machines.
Windows IT Pro - Karen Bemowski
Delete Junk Folders Created by SMS
Systems Management Server (SMS) is a great tool but sometimes it can create but not delete folders if improperly configured. Here's a PowerShell script you can use to find and delete those unwanted folders.
Windows IT Pro - James Lim
Schedule XP's Disk Defragmenter with a Logon Script
Although Windows XP's built-in hard disk defragmenting software doesn't have a scheduling feature, you can still schedule the Disk Defragmenter to run on many computers or just one. ScheduleDefrag.cmd is all you need.
Windows IT Pro - Chris Betlach
Rebooting Computers Using PowerShell
A pair of PowerShell scripts let you reboot, ping, power off, or shut down all the computers in an AD domain or just one—or any number in between. You can even use these scripts to log off users.
Windows IT Pro - Bill Stewart
Tool Time: Portable Text Editing with PrimalPad
SAPIEN Technologies' new free text editor is a better text editor than Notepad. It has complete VBScript highlighting support and is truly portable.
Windows IT Pro - Alex K. Angelopoulos
Letters
Readers respond to Windows 7 licensing and the new OS's philosophy, as well as Robert Sheldon's PowerShell series of articles and the specter of Bing.
Windows IT Pro - Various Authors
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