Comments for PowerShell Pro! http://www.powershellpro.com Sharing the Experience Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables by RobertS http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/variables-arrays-hashes/#comment-450 RobertS Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:23:03 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/variables-arrays-hashes/#comment-450 Hi, About moshe'problem : You've to assigne the data type to variables, like this casting : [String]$App=$temp[0].split() [String]$dll=$temp[1].split() Without this you can't Update Hash Table $App_dll.Add($dll,$App) -> because $dll and $App was System.Array in your first script... Hi,
About moshe’problem :
You’ve to assigne the data type to variables, like this casting :
[String]$App=$temp[0].split()
[String]$dll=$temp[1].split()

Without this you can’t Update Hash Table
$App_dll.Add($dll,$App)
-> because $dll and $App was System.Array in your first script…

]]> Comment on 3 Easy Steps to Get Information from Multiple Remote Computers… by Ralph http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-scripts-3easysteps/76/#comment-448 Ralph Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:42:45 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-scripts-3easysteps/76/#comment-448 Needed something quick and found this. thanks a bunch. Needed something quick and found this.

thanks a bunch.

]]> Comment on Why I no longer hate writing documentation… by Bman http://www.powershellpro.com/why-i-no-longer-hate-writing-documentation/614/#comment-447 Bman Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:22:35 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/?p=614#comment-447 This looks great - however when choosing option 1 for all domain computers only one machine shows up. No errors pop up but in the debug window I see the following: "Which computer resources would you like in the report?" Undetermined Undetermined Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian This looks great - however when choosing option 1 for all domain computers only one machine shows up. No errors pop up but in the debug window I see the following:

“Which computer resources would you like in the report?”
Undetermined
Undetermined

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Brian

]]> Comment on Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell by Hinek http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-tutorial-active-directory/#comment-446 Hinek Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:45:55 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-tutorial-active-directory/#comment-446 @Anthony: Just pipe your results to the Export-CSV CmdLet, like this: $results | Export-CSV myexportfile.csv @Anthony: Just pipe your results to the Export-CSV CmdLet, like this:

$results | Export-CSV myexportfile.csv

]]> Comment on Enumerate The Remote Event Log with .NET by Steve http://www.powershellpro.com/enumerate-the-remote-event-log-with-net/280/#comment-445 Steve Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:14:28 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/?p=280#comment-445 Is there a way to pass domain credentials with this script so it can be run against a different domain? Is there a way to pass domain credentials with this script so it can be run against a different domain?

]]> Comment on PowerShell Parameters, Objects, and Formatting by John http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-parameters-objects-and-formatting/#comment-444 John Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:25:51 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-parameters-objects-and-formatting/#comment-444 Thanks for this information, it's pretty useful. Thanks for this information, it’s pretty useful.

]]> Comment on PowerShell Scripting with WMI Part 2 by mirws http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-wmi-methods/#comment-443 mirws Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:41:22 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/wmi-part2/#comment-443 Hi there.. I try a remote reboot script but I got a message like this: "Get-WmiObject : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) At line:2 char:26 + $colItems = Get-WmiObject <<<< Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName “$strComputer” + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-WmiObject], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At line:4 char:13 + $Item.Reboot <<<< () + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Reboot:String) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull" Its looks like I dont have a permission,.. although I run a powershell as a administator user. Did I make something wrong to execute this script? any advice are welcome... Hi there..
I try a remote reboot script but I got a message like this:
“Get-WmiObject : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
At line:2 char:26
+ $colItems = Get-WmiObject <<<< Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName “$strComputer”
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-WmiObject], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:4 char:13
+ $Item.Reboot <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Reboot:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull”

Its looks like I dont have a permission,.. although I run a powershell as a administator user. Did I make something wrong to execute this script? any advice are welcome…

]]> Comment on Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell by Anthony http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-tutorial-active-directory/#comment-442 Anthony Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:26:51 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-tutorial-active-directory/#comment-442 This is a great series but I am stuck on detail that is killing me. I want to create a CSV file from output of my search. If I use your search as an example, I feel like I should be able pipe $results into a series of commandlets and get a nice csv but I cannot get it to work. Any pointers? This is a great series but I am stuck on detail that is killing me.

I want to create a CSV file from output of my search. If I use your search as an example, I feel like I should be able pipe $results into a series of commandlets and get a nice csv but I cannot get it to work. Any pointers?

]]> Comment on Conditional Logic by Kuahara http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-tutorial-conditional-logic/#comment-441 Kuahara Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:16:59 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-tutorial-conditional-logic/#comment-441 For all intents and purposes, consider me a day 1 newbie. I am trying to use your tutorial to get started. per your instructions, I copied the contents of your PrintReport.ps1 file into a ps1 file on my local machine. My desktop (the local machine where the script was run) is running vista ultimate x64. This machine is in the same workgroup as my laptop which runs Windows XP Pro. I ran the script from the desktop and input the machine name of the laptop. I get an access denied error and the script ends. I also tried running it on my domain (all machines are VM's). In the first VM, I have Windows Server 2008 running. The remaining 4 VM's are all running windows XP Pro and are named XP1, XP2, XP3, and XP4. When I run the script from the server and input the XP1 machine name, it hangs for about a minute then returns, "The OS for: XP1 is not supported." The OS of XP1 is: OS=Windows_NT the version is 5.1.2600 If you're still watching this, any help is appreciated. Thanks. For all intents and purposes, consider me a day 1 newbie. I am trying to use your tutorial to get started.

per your instructions, I copied the contents of your PrintReport.ps1 file into a ps1 file on my local machine.

My desktop (the local machine where the script was run) is running vista ultimate x64. This machine is in the same workgroup as my laptop which runs Windows XP Pro.

I ran the script from the desktop and input the machine name of the laptop. I get an access denied error and the script ends.

I also tried running it on my domain (all machines are VM’s).

In the first VM, I have Windows Server 2008 running. The remaining 4 VM’s are all running windows XP Pro and are named XP1, XP2, XP3, and XP4.

When I run the script from the server and input the XP1 machine name, it hangs for about a minute then returns, “The OS for: XP1 is not supported.”

The OS of XP1 is:
OS=Windows_NT

the version is 5.1.2600

If you’re still watching this, any help is appreciated. Thanks.

]]> Comment on PowerShell Parameters, Objects, and Formatting by Chris http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-parameters-objects-and-formatting/#comment-440 Chris Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:47:09 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-parameters-objects-and-formatting/#comment-440 I am trying to figure out a way to look at child items in a folder, only take files with a certain extension, then only take those greater than 2 hours old, then delete those files (leaving those less than 2 hours old still in the folder). Anyone have any ideas on this? New to powershell and this is not workable but is a start: Get-ChildItem C:\test | where-object {$_.extension -eq ".reg"} | Where-Object {$_.lastwritetime -gt(-2)} Thanks! I am trying to figure out a way to look at child items in a folder, only take files with a certain extension, then only take those greater than 2 hours old, then delete those files (leaving those less than 2 hours old still in the folder). Anyone have any ideas on this? New to powershell and this is not workable but is a start:
Get-ChildItem C:\test | where-object {$_.extension -eq “.reg”} | Where-Object {$_.lastwritetime -gt(-2)}
Thanks!

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