Silent Un-install & re-install of software
I have a software called On-Screen Takeoff 3 that I need to upgrade. I needed help in trying to write a powershell script to uninstall the software which is .exe (not .msi) first and then install the...
View ArticleSelecting a particular column modify & add in the text file as new column...
I have a text file like this want a particular column to be picked & modified & added to the file as another column (ANY SUGEESTIONS PLS POST ) Input :groupame servername A a_travp_net...
View ArticleHow To Parse the Output of the Command
Hi there!Here is my scenario:Command Prompt application returns the output which contains several lines.C:>MyCommand parameter1The output is:User1 has a balance of 10.00User1 has a free quota of...
View ArticleArgumentList parameter in Invoke-Command don't send all array
First short code, then question$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName someServer $servicesList = "Service1", "Service2", "Service3" Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock { Param ($newServicesList) Write-Host...
View ArticleProblems with Move-SPSite
So I'm running the following command and it's failing: Move-SPSite https://www.oursite.com/sites/1a91a5176f4da10eb16d -DestinationDatabase WSS_Content_Staging10 Move-SPSite : Operation is not valid...
View ArticleHow to convert a DOCX word document do PDF without Word APP
Hi all. I have made it to pick up a docx file and generate its pdf.The thing is, it opens Word! After I'm done creating the script, I'm placing it on a server without Word installed.Is there any other...
View ArticleHow to get Operating system details for linux VM?
Hi, Im using GetsummaryInformation() in powershell script to get the Guest Os operating system details. But it is empty when the machine is offline or it is Linux. It is giving output only when the...
View ArticleRemoving inheriting permissions
Hi,I wanna delete some groups from subfolder that inherit permissions from the parent.So I first stop inheriting with this code$acl = Get-Acl $subfolder1$acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($true,$true)$acl...
View ArticleLooking for a script to pull Storage INQ info from multiple Windows servers
Hi,I am looking for a script that will let me pull the INQ info from multiple Windows servers. The reason being that I need to identify which arrays various Virtual Machines are attached to without...
View Articleextract users and general details from an OU
Howdy! this seems so simple but can get it to report the proper info.I just want to extract users form an OU w/ maybe namfe, email, and any other field that's not empty.this is what I have, but it only...
View ArticleExtract data from "fullaccess" and pull additional AD User info
I'm attempting to write a script that I can extract a list of users who have "FullAccess" rights on a Mailbox, and then pass this through for a general ADUser query to obtain additional information on...
View ArticleParentOU
hi, with QAD there is a option parrentOU , is there something like this in Powershell v3. so i want to know in which OU the computer object is located. dont want the whole ldap string. or if there is a...
View ArticleHow to reference an output value to store in another variable
Hi, I dont know powershell but do use some scripts I get from the web to assist with particular tasks. One such script I use (provided by Jonathan Almquist), is for checking is Ops Manager Alert...
View ArticleAdding Windows Credential for each user
Still plugging away at my Powershell script to "build" a Windows 7 system. Not finding the answers I need for this one - I need to add a Windows Credential for each user (Administrator, plus four...
View Articletest server connection before executing commands
Hi All,I have a script which would collect some windows hardware information. I have list of servers in $filelist. and so, I have used foreach ($computer in $filelist) {write-host `nwrite-host...
View ArticleComplicated AD looking and naming PC
We are building windows 7 workstations using a custom HTA. In this HTA we prompt for the following. User Name: Will be their full name like 'Susan Cartwright'Office: Will be a city name like...
View Articleexcluding existing members
I use this script to copy members from one group to another. I need to update it to ignore members that are already a member of the destination group. Otherwise it says that the specified user is...
View ArticleCreate FTP Site problem
I am in the middle of a Windows 7 "Build" script with Powershell - taking a basic Windows PC and using a Powershell script to add all necessary users and items. Am currently working on setting up an...
View Articlehow to create a new mail contact while disabling the emailpolicy before its...
hello again!so we have a list of users that have user@kiwi.com as their email address, and we need to create new mail contacts for each of them but having a diff email address like user@g.kiwi.com. we...
View ArticleHow to copy the file from one computer to other computers.
Hi,I need to copy the contents of hosts file to multiple systems as i don't have dns on my lab.If anyone help me to copy the contents of hosts file to other systems or just overwrite hosts file from...
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