Tag Archives: quickhits

Quick Hits: Getting the Local Computer Name

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Boe Prox

I’ve had a few emails and questions about the best way to get the hostname of the local computer that you are currently logged into and felt that a quick (and I mean quick ) post here would be worthwhile. … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Writing to a Read-Only Property

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Boe Prox

This post is less on doing something useful and more on just proving that I can do something even though PowerShell is trying to tell me that I cannot do it. That little thing is updating a property on an … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Tracking The Status of GitHub Using PowerShell

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Boe Prox

This evening I noticed that GitHub, a site for collaborating and sharing code that I use for all of my projects, was down for an unknown reason. The site showed the dreaded ‘Unicorn of 503’ and I was left without … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Determine User Connected to a Delegated PowerShell Endpoint

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Boe Prox

Just a quick blurb on how you can determine who is connected to a PowerShell remoting endpoint that you have configured to use a RunAsAccount. An example of doing this can be found here. When someone connects to an endpoint … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Adding a Hyperlink to Excel Spreadsheet

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Boe Prox

I had a need a while back to add a few hyperlinks to a couple different excel cells that could be clicked on to take the user either to another portion of the excel spreadsheet or to open up a … Continue reading →

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