I need to monitor system event 100 – EMC PowerPath generated error. In my previous blog , I detailed how to setup a monitor/rule to monitor event. The challenge here is that I want to target my monitor...(read more)

I have a Vista SP 2 box and Windows 7 (RC) box. On the Vista box, I have PowerShell V2 installed  and PowerShell remoting enabled a while back and I even forgot the exact cmdlet I used. This is in...(read more)

As we all know that Remoting is a big thing in PowerShell V2, you may not know that the key thing to PowerShell Remoting is the “Sessions”. Session is actually not new at all to PowerShell, it exist in...(read more)

As we already know that Windows 7 will become generally available on Oct. 22, 2009, and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be broadly available at the same time . For PowerShell funs, PowerShell V2 will be integrated...(read more)

Here is a document for setting up Configuration Manager in multiple Active Directory Forest with or without trust. It kind touch on everything but lacking the detailed instruction as to how to set it up...(read more)

Yesterday, the OpsMgr 2007 R2 finally hits RTM, you can download the evaluation copy here . The production version will be available until July 1st. But you can install the evaluation copy now and upgrade...(read more)

At times some people use service account to logon to machines and it has the potential to lockout the service account and therefore bring down the service which is not acceptable to the business and we...(read more)

It cost me a few hours the other day to do a mini – DR for one of my Hyper-V host! Hopefully this post will save you some trouble in the future. The trouble starts when I try to build a new VM through...(read more)

Great News! On Tuesday (3/24/09),Microsoft published PowerShell 1.0 on Windows Update! PowerShell 1.0 through MU is only offered: · As an optional update · If you don’t have any other version of PowerShell...(read more)

I am working on a request to create ~800 user's Exchange 2007 SP1 mailboxes from an excel file. The file with the following headers filled with user's information. Name, FirstName, MI, LastName...(read more)

Quite often I receive requests to launch a website with multiple domain names and they will need to work with or with out www such as whatever.com and www.whatever.com . The site need to be launched on...(read more)

Here is a query to create a collection based on 64 bit add/remove program select SYS.ResourceID,SYS.ResourceType,SYS.Name,SYS.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SYS.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SYS.Client from SMS_R_System...(read more)

Searching on the net, this is a frequently asked question and it was a great concern to me too! I used Evaluation copy of the media to set up our ConfigMgr 2007 environment and the other day, when I try...(read more)

When I try to ping a brand new install of Windows 7 (beta). I got the “Request Timed out” error and when I try to use PowerShell to restart the Windows 7 box remotely, I got the below error: Restart-Computer...(read more)

In case you haven't noticed, Microsoft renamed Terminal Services as Remote Desktop Services from Windows 2008 R2 onwards! It does caught me by surprise to get used to the new NAME! But I am happy to...(read more)

In this post , I explore the ways to get remote registry key property. Here is a PowerShell script to create a new registry key value in remote registry. $colComputers = gc c:\myworkspace\computerlist...(read more)

In my previous post , I described the restart-computer cmdlet. There is also a sister cmdlet. Yes, you guessed it right: Shutdown-computer Shutdown-computer –computername (gc c:\temp\serverlist.txt) –force...(read more)

Right before Christmas, PowerShell team released Windows PowerShell V2 Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3) . There is a new cmdlets caught my eye, see below gc c:\Temp\ServerList.txt |%{Restart-computer...(read more)

The first half of the below script is a modified version of my previous post , it just translate the BITS version to the popular format we know and remember. The second part of the script is to use a get...(read more)

In my previous post , I blogged about how to create AD accounts using PowerShell and Quest PowerShell commands for AD. Below is a similar script with some modifications. What happens you get a csv file...(read more)