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Tag Archives: Powershell
Converting CSV file or files into an Excel workbook
Update 07SEPT2010: Updated script based on an excellent comment to use the Paste() method for converting CSV files into an excel workbook. Thanks Luc! While going through the Technet Powershell Forums and Scripting Guys Forums, I came across a question … Continue reading
Convert bytes to highest available unit
Unfortunately, I had something else in mind to post this weekend, but life and some other things prevented me from doing so. Maybe next weekend… Because I wanted to get at least something out this weekend, I am going to … Continue reading
Balloon Notifications with Powershell
You’ve probably seen those balloon pop-ups at your computer at some point in time. Most likely it was saying something about having updates that need to be installed on your computer. They pop-up and say something and you can either … Continue reading
Powershell, Regular Expressions And You!
“^(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
Retrieve computer status with IP Address
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