June 2006 - Posts

How IT Works-SMS Client-Side Software Installation

posted Thursday, June 29, 2006 8:34 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
Nice article. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/07/HowITWorks/default.aspx Read More

Who's using PowerShell

posted Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:37 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
Drop me a note.   What would you like to see happen within PowerShell via myITforum.com   Read More

PowerShell Resources

posted Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:44 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Powershell Portal: http://www.microsoft.com/powershell Powershell Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/ Scripts.readify.net: http://scripts.readify.net/ Jeffrey Hicks’ Blog (former coworker!): http://jdhitsolutions.blogspot.com/ Keith Hill’s Read More

PowerShell Active Directory Phonebook Script

posted Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:34 PM by rcrumbaker :: 2 Comments
Tim posted another great sample script on his blog function getmobilenumber($name){  $root = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry  $Searcher = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher  $Searcher.Searchroot = $root  $searcher.filter Read More

Tech-Ed 2006: New Bakup & Offline Files Features in Vista

posted Monday, June 26, 2006 6:14 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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A completely new file backup & restore tool that deals with types of files rather than file locations. The restore tool lets you browse the backup catalog just like Explorer. As the speaker said, a muppet could use it . The backups are done using Zip Read More

Our friend, Tim Mintner posted a great PowerShell script today on his blog.

posted Monday, June 26, 2006 3:28 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
Our friend, Tim Mintner posted a great PowerShell script today on his blog.   http://blogs.technet.com/tmintner/archive/2006/06/24/438680.aspx   Read More

PowerShell - Finding the static methods of a class

posted Monday, June 26, 2006 3:14 PM by rcrumbaker :: 1 Comments
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Jeffrey Snover posted a great post on the PowerShell Blog In the previous entry, it showed how you could use the static method GetHostAddresses of the [System.Net.Dns] class to resolve a hostname.  This begs the question, how do you find the static Read More

PowerShell - resolve a hostname into an IP Address

posted Monday, June 26, 2006 3:10 PM by rcrumbaker :: 1 Comments
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Jeffrey Snover posted this on the Powershell blog   Wei Wu provided a nice one liner in response to a query in our NewsGroup: Microsoft.Public.Windows.PowerShell about how to resolve a hostname into an IP Address: PS> [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("www.msn.com") Read More

Was that 3 Posts in one day on my blog?

posted Saturday, June 24, 2006 12:49 AM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Wow...maybe I'm actually finding time to blog again.   I always give Dan Thomson a hard time because he is so busy with everything...and then look at me, I get lost in the shuffle and didn't have time myself.   Well, hopefully things are Read More

PowerShell and Migrations

posted Friday, June 23, 2006 10:56 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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http://blogs.technet.com/collabtools/archive/2006/06/23/438504.aspx   Good article on PowerShell and Migrations.   More links on Powershell Powershell blog http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/   A video showing an old tool of mine Read More

PowerShell documentation

posted Friday, June 23, 2006 5:49 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2B0BBFCD-0797-4083-A817-5E6A054A85C9&displaylang=en Read More

To successfully blog using Word 2007 and Community Server

posted Friday, June 23, 2006 4:29 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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To successfully blog using Word 2007 and Community Server. So if you have a blog of http://www.myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker the Posting URL is http://www.myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker/metablog.ashx Read More

PowerShell Scripting Contest

posted Friday, June 23, 2006 3:52 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Exchange Server 2007 Scripting Contest Activate the PowerShell – And Enter to Win a Trip to the Exchange Server 2007 Launch! If you’re looking for the deal of a lifetime then you’ve come to the right place: write a one-line script for managing Read More

Firefox, iTunes, Skype Top Most Dangerous List

posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:26 PM by rcrumbaker :: 2 Comments
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Firefox, iTunes, and Skype were the top 3 applications in a list of 15 with the most security vulnerabilities, a Cambridge, Mass.-based security company said this week.   http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/189600176;jsessionid=WO2SOWHPZPGA4QSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JV Read More

Powershell Podcasts

posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:20 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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ScriptingAnswers.com has a number of scripting related podcasts at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScriptinganswerscomAudioNetwork Read More

IDE for creating and modifying Powershell scripts with Intellisense built in.

posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:44 PM by rcrumbaker :: 1 Comments
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These guys have developed an IDE for creating and modifying Powershell scripts with Intellisense built in. http://powershell.com/ Thanks to Tim Martin for finding this site!! Read More