Author Archives: Boe Prox

Excerpt of WSUS Chapter from PowerShell Deep Dives on Hey, Scripting Guy!

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Boe Prox

An excerpt from one of my chapters on WSUS from the PowerShell Deep Dives book was posted on Hey, Scripting Guy! today. Check it out and let me know what you think! http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/04/02/windows-software-update-services.aspx

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List All Files Regardless of 260 Character Path Restriction Using PowerShell and Robocopy

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Boe Prox

A common pain had by many System Administrators is when you are trying to recursively list all files and folders in a given path or even retrieve the total size of a folder. After waiting for a while in hopes … Continue reading →

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Use PowerShell To Calculate the Hash of a File

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Boe Prox

I’m pretty sure that everyone has something similar to a hash calculator that has been written in PowerShell or some other language and I am no different. This is my take on a simple file hash calculator to determine the … Continue reading →

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Get Available Constructors Using PowerShell

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Boe Prox

Working with PowerShell sometimes (or a lot of the time) involves using .Net types to create objects that can be used for more in depth scripting of various items. It is one thing to know the type that you need … Continue reading →

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SQL Saturday 197 in Omaha and PowerShell Sessions

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Boe Prox

SQL Saturday is coming to Omaha, Nebraska on April 6, 2013 (Saturday) and there are some PowerShell sessions available that will be there! Granted, there are not many PowerShell sessions at this event, but some are better than none in … Continue reading →

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