Author Archives: Boe Prox

Powershell, Regular Expressions And You!

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Boe Prox

“^(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$” Pretty scary, isn’t it? While most of you will never have to build something this long and complex, it still is a nice idea to learn how to use Regular Expressions in your scripts when you need to look … Continue reading →

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Retrieve computer status with IP Address

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Boe Prox

Here is a simple script that I posted both in the Powershell forums and on the technet script repository.  Basically all it does is take either a provided computername or reads from a host list and proceeds to “ping” each … Continue reading →

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Password Generator

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Boe Prox

During my time as a help desk/service center rep, we had a tool which would generate a password via a form and button and then was able to print out the form to give to each customer to take with … Continue reading →

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Embedding Passwords in a Script

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Boe Prox

While hanging around the Microsoft Technet Powershell forums, I came across a question regarding having a hard-coded password for a user account to run a query against some servers.  I many cases, this is never a good idea as if … Continue reading →

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Tech-Ed 2010

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Boe Prox

In case anyone was curious, I took second place in the Microsoft 2010 Scripting Games this year and won a pass to Tech-Ed 2010 in New Orleans, LA.  I had a blast during this time and learned a lot of … Continue reading →

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