Questions tagged [powershell]
Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to COM and WMI, enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and CIM enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.
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Time difference calculation between Event Logs
I use PowerShell to retrieve the last two application logs with event ID 654 and calculate the time difference between them. If the time difference between the two logs is more than 30 minutes, I will ...
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GUI button clicks start runspaces that take care of heavy processing tasks
I'm currently updating a ping script I maintain at work, transitioning from WinForms to WPF. Because of this I've started learning about and incorporating runspaces to keep the GUI responsive during ...
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PowerShell script for automated Windows health check and repair
I've been experiencing frequent issues with my Windows operating system, requiring me to manually run various system health and repair commands (such as DISM, ...
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PowerShell script to harvest details of Windows Client & Server platforms
I'm a support analyst/help desk technician by trade. Here's a little PowerShell script I've cobbled together over the years to harvest details of Windows client and/or server platforms.
I use this ...
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Powershell - Trying to streamline a Get-Service Command
This is part of a larger script but, I feel like this part could be streamlined a bit. The code currently works but I feel like doing a Get-Process call twice is ...
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Listing first 50 big files in directory and print relative paths and sizes
I use this Powershell command to recursively list first 50 big files in current directory and print relative paths and sizes in MiB. :
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Intune Remediation script to uninstall 7-Zip
I just wanted to have some advice on those remediation scripts; what do you think?
The idea is to detect every 7-Zip installed on the computer and search for those not up to date and uninstall them.
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PowerShell Script for Parsing JSON PyPI Package Data and find the latest version
Following this post, I have a PowerShell script that aims to interact with the Python Package Index (PyPI) to find the latest release of a specified package that is compatible with the current Python ...
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Powershell script that directly executes python script
Wrote this script after having some problems with clients on Win10 and consequent necessity to ship ultra-bloated .exe file of Python project over the Web to them. This is my first try to write ...
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Find all unique file owners through Powershell in an NTFS file system
I'm trying to find all unique file owners in an NTFS file system. Getting the number is fairly straightforward, but my current approac is very inefficient:
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Comparing a set of parameters contained in two separate strings in Powershell
I have a situation where I need to compare two strings with each other in a foreach loop that potentially run over millions of rows of data. The two strings will always contain between 1 and 12 ...
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Copying data from a network share to another
The code below copies large amount of data. It does so in 2 steps. I was wondering if both step1 and step2 can be done in parallel.
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Powershell Export function to create environment variables with bash syntax
A lot of the time when working in DevOps, documentation and code snippets from colleagues will be based on bash. Most of those same commands work seamlessly in PowerShell; but setting environment ...
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How to tune my powershell script for best practices?
I have written a script for CVE-2023-24932 like below. But I want to improve my script. I am open to new ideas.
Here is my script:
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Powershell script real-time monitoring via Windows Service
I'm using a script to monitor a file. When a pattern is detected, it will send an email to notify someone.
I am creating a Windows Service via NSSM.
My question is : How can I improve performance of ...