Author Archives: Boe Prox

Dealing with Runspacepool Variable Scope Creep in PowerShell

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Boe Prox

Something that I had noticed a while back that I would receive some output values in my objects that shouldn’t have been there. Properties that should have been Null had values in them, and not just random values, but values … Continue reading →

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2018 PowerShell Resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Boe Prox

This As I did last year, and the years before that, I wanted to review my last PowerShell resolutions and see how well I did and then take a look at the coming year and pick a few things that … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Getting the Local Computer Name

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Boe Prox

I’ve had a few emails and questions about the best way to get the hostname of the local computer that you are currently logged into and felt that a quick (and I mean quick ) post here would be worthwhile. … Continue reading →

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Recent Articles on MCPMag

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Boe Prox

I’ve been busy working on some articles for MCPMag.com and wanted to share a couple of stubs to my most recent articles. Gathering Installed Software Using PowerShell If there is one thing an administrator finds themselves doing, it is probably … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Finding all Hyperlinks in an Excel Workbook

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Boe Prox

Recently, I had the need to pull out all of the hyperlinks from an excel worksheet that was given to me. While I could have gone the manual approach by looking through all of the cells in the worksheet and … Continue reading →

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