How Do I Discover Changes to an AD Group’s Membership
Q: Is there an easy way to detect and changes to important the membership of AD Groups? A: Easy using PowerShell 7, WMI, and the CIM Cmdlets. WMI Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an...
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How to send output to a file
Q: Is there an easy way to save my script output to a text file rather than displaying it on screen? A: Of course – there are multiple ways to do just that! PowerShell and Output One of PowerShell’s...
View ArticleHow to rename a NIC
Q: Is there a simple way to rename a NIC, especially inside a Hyper-V VM? A: You can change the name of any Windows NIC using PowerShell – whether the NIC is in a physical host or a Hyper-V VM. NICS...
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How to Change the Start Page for the Edge Browser
Q: How can I change the Edge startup page? A: You can change the start page easily using PowerShell. Edge and It’s Start Page I am basing this article on the latest incarnation of the Edge browser, aka...
View ArticleHow to Update or Add a Registry Key Value with PowerShell
Q: I am having a problem trying to update the registry. I am using the New-ItemProperty cmdlet, but it fails if the registry key does not exist. I added the –Force parameter, but it still does not...
View ArticleHow to Make Use Of PowerShell Profile Files
Q: I would like to personalize the way that PowerShell works. I have heard that I can use a thing called a profile to do this, but when I try to find information about profiles, I come up blank. There...
View ArticleHow to use the Secret modules
Q: I have a bunch of scripts we use in production that make use of Windows credentials. In some cases, these scripts have an actual password in plain text, while others read the password from an XML...
View ArticleHow to Use $FormatEnumerationLimit
Q: When I format an object where a property contains more than 4 objects, I never see the extra property values. How can I fix that? A: Use the $FormatEnumerationLimit variable. This query is one I...
View ArticleHow to Use $PSDefaultParameterValues
Q: When I use cmdlets like Receive-Job and Format-Table, how do I change default values of the Keep and Wrap parameters? A: Use the $PSDefaultValues automatic variable. When I first discovered...
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How to Preview PowerShell Scripts In PowerShell
Q: When I use Windows Explorer and select a PowerShell script file – I do not see the script in the preview window. Can I fix that? A: You can make a few simple registry updates and do just what you...
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