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Apr 30, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Creating Folder Shares with PowerShell

Here is a cool little function that you can use to create a share on a system. Save this function in a PowerShell module and load to your toolset.To run this cfunction you must have full administrator...

Apr 29, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Adding Additional Fonts to PowerShell and Command Console

Ever wanted to add a different font to PowerShell and command prompt, we’ll here is an easy way to add it with PowerShell. Open a PowerShell with Administrator privileges and execute the following...

Apr 29, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Converting User Names to SIDs with Powershell

While doing some Active Directory work ran across a need to translate a user name to a SID (security identifier) to help find traces of it in the registry. Here is an easy way to do this with PowerShell...

Apr 28, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Converting Adobe Type 1 Fonts AFM for use on Windows 7

Recently ran into an interesting issue where a client had a purchased Adobe Type 1 font the had been using on their Mac OSX systems and need to use the font on their newer Windows systems. Being that the...

Apr 22, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Extending PowerShell with modules

With Microsoft adding PowerShell to Windows it opened many different possibilities for the scripter’s and IT Administrators managing hundreds and thousands of servers with automation from their...

Creating Folder Shares with PowerShell

Adding Additional Fonts to PowerShell and Command Console

Converting User Names to SIDs with Powershell

Converting Adobe Type 1 Fonts AFM for use on Windows 7

Extending PowerShell with modules

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