July 2006 - Posts
New addition to the blogs
Anyone want to take a guess at what I added to the main blogs? Post your guesses to my blog...
Scoble Views on Internet Content Businesses
I agree with his comments about TechTV. The downside I saw with TechTV was they always tried to what the audience wanted...or what they thought the audience wanted. I only wanted certain aspects of what was offered...TV needs a RSS Feed so I can get only what I wanted and skip all the rest.
WOW, this is really geeky
Now this is something cool, but extremely geeky. If I wasn't so dead set against getting another Dell Laptop, I might consider getting a Dell XPS just for this trick. Check it out...http://blogs.quibell.net/blogs/scott/archive/2006/07/23/10.aspx
Very nice tip
I got this tip from John Roller on the TechNet Blogs... The blog posting: Google Search discussed using www.google.com/microsoft to search for Microsoft related...like SMS. Here is part of the article: " This will filter my results to Microsoft type answers. If I search for SMS, I’ll get Systems Management Server instead of Short Messaging Services. They also have a filtered search for the U.S. Government...
How to set the title of my Console Window
The PowerShell team's blog posted this great script on their blog today. http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/07/17/How_to_I_set_the_title_of_my_Console_Window.aspx If you are not subscribed to the PowerShell Team blog and you are using or thinking about using PowerShell...where have you been. They are awesome!! Subscribe now to it...plus don't forget to subscribe to mine. (I know, shameless...
Use a WaitKey Function in Windows PowerShell
Got this from TechNet Script Center Use a WaitKey Function in Windows PowerShell Submitted By: Greg Lyon Language: Windows PowerShell Description: Sample script that adds a WaitKey function to a Windows PowerShell script. Script Code function WaitKey ( [string] $strPrompt = "Press any key to continue ... ") { Write-Host Write-Host $strPrompt -NoNewline [Console]::ReadKey($true) > $null Write-Host...
PowerShell and Exit Codes
Today on the PowerShell email lists a question was brought up how to find the exit code of a program. The solution: $LastExitCode Here is an example I found online: function CheckExitCode { param ([string]$failureMessage, [int[]]$successCodes = @(0), $finallyScript=$null) $res = $successCodes -contains $LastExitCode if ($res.Length -eq 0) { write-error "ERROR CODE ${LastExitCode}: $failureMessage"...
RSS feeds added to myITforum.com Forums!
As Rod pointed out to the email lists...you can now subscribe to a RSS Feed to get all the latest forum posts. Plug www.myitforum.com/forums/rss/rss.asp into your favorite RSS Feed reader.
Change to blog
I made a change to my blog today. I also added a new skin, Developer, to the list of available blogs for myITforum.com, Inc. bloggers. Have fun!
Exchange Tools that PSS uses
Here is a link to the common tools the Microsoft Exchange PSS folks use. ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/
Powershell Remote
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Workspaces/Workspace.aspx?id=ce09cdaf-7da2-4f1c-bed3-f8cb35de5aea What is PowerShell Remoting Windows PowerShell® (codename Monad) is next generation of command line interface in Microsoft Windows platform. Powershell does not provide remote access functionality in version 1. It is planned for version 2. PowerShell Remoting is a light-weighted server-client application which...
Backup Files Using Windows PowerShell
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/csc/scripts/backup/backup/cscbk013.mspx Backup Files Using Windows PowerShell Submitted By: Greg Lyon Language: Windows PowerShell Description: Backs up files using Windows PowerShell. Script Code Backup Files Using Windows PowerShell # BackupFiles.ps1 # Greg Lyon - July 2006 # ----------------------------------------------------- function BackupFolder...
With Clarence Washington’s scripting site closing...now what?
With Clarence Washington’s scripting site closing where are you going to go for all the scripts? Well...myITforum.com, Inc. has the answer... It's the myITforum.com, Inc. Code Repository. The Code Repository and all the Code Packs have a lot, if not all of the scripts that were on Clarence Washington's scripting site. The Code Repository has been around for a long time, but it still being used and...
Taking the kids to the zoo
Going back to Louisville to the Zoo tomorrow. My daughter has been driving me crazy, so tomorrow we are going to the zoo before we are driving crazy from her asking every 5 minutes. Then we are heading back to the mother-in-laws for our 4th of July celebration. WOW, the power my kids have over me.
This day, only 8 years ago
is the day my Wife, Martha, and I got married. I can't believe it has been eight years. I know I have not always been the greatest person in the world, but yet she has endured me through the years. We have 3 wonderful kids - Nate, Abby, and Cole. Two Camaros - 1967 adn 1994. One cat. So, needless to say Martha has a lot to tackle each and everyday. Not to mention, I'm writing a book and have zero free...
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