Tag Archives: Powershell

Updating An Existing Get-ProductKey Function

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Boe Prox

A couple of days ago I received my daily PowerTips email from PowerShell.com talking about how to get the Windows Product key via PowerShell from your local system. The code is simple and to the point to look for and … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Countdown Timer Using PowerShell

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Boe Prox

So I have been literally sitting on this script for about a year now and am finally looking to publish it after seeing Josh Atwell’s awesome post about writing a countdown timer in the PowerShell console and using it as … Continue reading →

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Scripting Games 2012: Know When To Use Format-Table

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Boe Prox

This was a common occurrence during the Scripting Games. Someone writing a great script or one liner that gave me everything that I needed. But then right at the end I see something like this: | Format-Table Ok, what is … Continue reading →

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Expert Commentator Post on Hey, Scripting Guy! For Advanced Event 2

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Boe Prox

My Expert Commentator post on Hey, Scripting Guy! is live today. My focus today was on Advanced Event 2 with my own solution and explanation behind it. I had a fun time working on it and hope you enjoy it, … Continue reading →

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Scripting Games 2012 Notes: Wait A Second, $True –eq “False”?!?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Boe Prox

Yes, what you are reading is correct,$True does in fact equal “False” in PowerShell. While this exact line was not used recently in the Scripting Games this year, people competing and submitting scripts did do something similar that gave a … Continue reading →

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