Author Archives: Boe Prox

Automatically Declining Itanium Updates in WSUS using PowerShell

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Boe Prox

Working with WSUS, I sometimes find myself declining the exact same type of updates each month after Patch Tuesday. Not surprisingly, a common trend of those updates involve having the word ‘’Itanium” somewhere in the update title.  Instead of having … Continue reading →

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Restore a SQL Database Using SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) and PowerShell

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Boe Prox

At some point in your career with SQL, there may come a time to perform a restore of the database (and maybe transaction logs depending on your situation). Given that we covered how to back up a SQL database, we … Continue reading →

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PowerShell 4.0 Now Available for Download

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Boe Prox

That’s right, Windows Management Framework 4.0 is now available to download for down-level OS’s. Some important things to know regarding this: New Features and Updated Versions Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) Windows PowerShell Web Services (Management OData … Continue reading →

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Using the ESPN API with PowerShell

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Boe Prox

Being a sports fan, I wanted to see what the ESPN API (just started in March 2012) had to offer (not much unfortunately unless you are a premium member) and make use of what PowerShell has to offer to pull … Continue reading →

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Guest Post on Hey, Scripting Guy! Talking PInvoke and PowerShell

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Boe Prox

Today my Hey, Scripting Guy! guest blog goes live. I am talking about using Pinvoke with PowerShell to handle the removal of files which may be locked by a process. Check it out and let me know what you think! … Continue reading →

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