User PowerShell to Send a Pop-up
Nothing magical here, just a little something to help get the attention of whoever is at the keyboard on a remote machine. This function will allow you to pop up a message on a LAN-connected computer.
Get a list of Wifi networks with PowerShell
Returns the parsed output of netsh wlan show network mode=bssid in psobject form. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Requires Vista/2008 or higher, or XP SP3 with a hotfix (I can’t recall which one, sorry.)
Get Windows Product Key with PowerShell
Retrieve the windows product key of a specified machine using WMI, via PowerShell.
PowerShell Support Matrix
Do you have trouble remember which operating system supports what version of PowerShell? This little cheat sheet will give you hand with that.
Stop Service and Wait
Very simple script that stops a service and waits for it to stop before rebooting. This script can be edited so it runs on every reboot or can be run manually to reboot.
Basic PowerShell Cheatsheet
We all need to peek at the answers from time to time. This post is simply a quick reference guide for basic PowerShell tips, tricks, how-to’s, explanations, etc.
System Administrator Excuse Generator Service
Part of the job of a system administrator is to define root cause for a problem or outage this is happening. This site has an excuse generator, but you’d normally have to open the page to view the excuses. Not anymore!
System Uptime Utility
This is a simple but useful command line utility for determining the uptime of the local computer.
Use PowerShell to quickly deploy a VM
Using virtual machines to test things has become almost a second nature exercise for some folks. Here’s a method to deploy a duplicate of a Hyper-V virtual machine in less than ten seconds with PowerShell.
Are You an IT Old Timer?
I’ve been called graybeard. Old timer. Fossil. Dad. Grandpa. Geezer. I’ve been working in the technology field for over thirty years, so all these descriptors are probably fitting. If you’re not sure you’re an IT old timer, here is a description, and a few definitions for you young people.