Tag Archives: Powershell

Reversing a String Using PowerShell

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Boe Prox

So how many times do you sit at your desk thinking “How can I easily reverse this string output?”. Probably not at all. But in the case where I needed to do this while working on a future article, I … Continue reading →

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Locating Mount Points Using PowerShell

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Boe Prox

Sometimes when you are building a file server (or some other server), you come to realize that you have more drive or partitions than drive letters that are available. In this situation, what do you do? If you answered ‘create … Continue reading →

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Make Your PowerShell Errors Less Harsh By Changing Their Color

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Boe Prox

Ok, so errors are never actually pleasing regardless of what color they are. But maybe you’ve been working with PowerShell for a while and or are just dipping your toes in the water and for one reason or another, you … Continue reading →

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Finding The CachedMode Setting In Outlook 2010 Using PowerShell

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Boe Prox

I had a requirement come in find the current CachedMode setting on the Outlook 2010 clients for all of the users in the domain. Seems like a simple request that can be solved with the Exchange PowerShell cmdlets, right? Wrong. … Continue reading →

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Installing Updates Via The SCCM Client

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Boe Prox

Continuing from my last blog entry on checking for pending updates on the SCCM client, I will now show how you can use this information to determine if an installation is already occurring and performing an installation if nothing is … Continue reading →

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