Author Archives: Boe Prox

Guest spot on the PowerScripting Podcast

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Boe Prox

I had the excellent opportunity to be a guest on the PowerScripting podcast earlier in September (1SEPT2011) to talk about my latest project: PoshPAIG. For anyone who hasn’t checked out the podcast, I HIGHLY recommend you do so. There is … Continue reading →

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Don’t assume a Cmdlet has -WhatIf

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Boe Prox

Imagine that you are writing a script, or preparing to run a command that will perform a change on your domain. For instance, you are running the FailoverClusters module and want to move a cluster group on a given condition. … Continue reading →

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Checking for failing Hard Drives using S.M.A.R.T and PowerShell

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Boe Prox

I noticed a link to an article on twitter yesterday that talked about how you can use PowerShell to query for a SMART enabled hard drive and detect a possible imminent failure. It was an interesting article and showed me … Continue reading →

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Guest Blogger on Hey, Scripting Guy! for PoshPAIG

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Boe Prox

Yep, that is right! My articles on PoshPAIG 1.6 are live at the Hey, Scripting Guy! site. I have 2 articles this weekend talking about the latest updates and issues I ran into while working on this update. I will … Continue reading →

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Show-UI Weather Widget and a Non Show-UI widget

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Boe Prox

Ok, this weather widget created by Joel “Jaykul” Bennett (Blog | Twitter) is just amazingly cool. This widget auto-updates the temperature and even updates the picture to reflect the current conditions outside. The requirement to run this is by having … Continue reading →

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