Author Archives: Boe Prox

Guest Blog on “Hey, Scripting Guy!” About Scaling Background Jobs and Rebooting Systems

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Boe Prox

My 5th guest blog on Microsoft’s “Hey, Scripting Guy!” is out today .In this article I talk about using background jobs and scaling them to perform a monitored reboot of systems. Link to the article is here. Enjoy!

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PowerScripting Podcast Guest appearance available for download

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Boe Prox

Yep, you guessed it! My appearance on the PowerScripting Podcast is available for download at the link below. Link to site: http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/episode-160-boe-prox-on-poshpaig/ Direct link to audio: http://traffic.libsyn.com/powerscripting/PSPodcast-160.mp3 Enjoy!

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ShowUI Text Converter for Fun and Profit…Mostly Fun

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Boe Prox

01010000 01101111 01110111 01100101 01110010 01010011 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01010110 00110011 00100000 01010010 01101111 01100011 01101011 01110011 00100001 So what did I type here? Well, you can either copy this text and go find a binary-to-text converter online… … Continue reading →

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More PowerShell V3 Goodness

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Boe Prox

A few more things I wanted to touch on about PowerShell V3 before calling it a night: A Better ISE Finally, we have Intellisense in the ISE! This has been one of the most wanted things (for me at least) … Continue reading →

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PowerShell V3 CTP 1 released to Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 and Export-Csv with –Append!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Boe Prox

You heard it! PowerShell V3 CTP 1 is out in the wild and ready for downloaded right here! Bear in mind that this is only for Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2. It does require a reboot to complete the installation … Continue reading →

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