Author Archives: Boe Prox

Find All SQL Instances Using PowerShell Plus A Little More

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Boe Prox

A while back I saw this the following post on the PowerShell Magazine that showed how to get all of the instances of a SQL server. This was pretty cool, but only listed the instances and nothing else (well it … Continue reading →

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Presentation Materials from the September 2013 Mississippi PowerShell User Group Meeting on ‘WSUS and PowerShell’

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Boe Prox

For those of you who were unable to attend my talk or for those who want check out my scripts on WSUS and PowerShell that I gave at the Mississippi PowerShell User Group last night, I have my slide deck … Continue reading →

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Make a Window Flash in Taskbar using PowerShell and PInvoke

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Boe Prox

While working on a different project, I came across the need to do some sort of notification when something happened during a script. I didn’t need popup or some loud noise to alert me, but something a little subtle to … Continue reading →

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Speaking at the Mississippi PowerShell Users Group on WSUS in September

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Boe Prox

I have the honor of being a speaker at the Mississippi PowerShell Users Group (MSPUG) on September 10th. A big thank you to Mike Robbins (Twitter | Blog) for extending the invitation to talk about one of my chapters from … Continue reading →

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Introducing PoshEventUI: A UI Way to Create Permanent WMI Events

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Boe Prox

Something that I have been working on the past couple of months (in between other things) was a UI approach to creating permanent WMI events vs. a command line approach. I really had only a few requirements that I wanted … Continue reading →

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