www.chaoscollectibles.com and PowerShell system.net.webclient Script

I finally did it. I got the e-commerce bug and started my own shop. I’m working with Dave K on it, and we’re progressing quite well with a lot of mentoring from Bill and all of his XekoShop experience.

So, PhishThis will contain a lot of posts related to how I’m making like easier [...]

PowerShell Script for Remote Event Log Viewing

Either way, I needed to check all of my event logs for EventID 11 and 15. [...]

WSUS/WDS Debacle

I don’t understand the big issue with the accidental release of WDS (Windows Desktop Search) via WSUS (here). It wasn’t like MS said “Muhuhahaha, let’s release WDS  to the masses via WSUS!” I mean…why? There’s no compelling reason for this besides a simple mistake. Now, the fact that the mistake was made is a little scary. I [...]

Get-ServerNames.ps1

Here’s the script I metioned a few days ago. I wrote this a while back (Pre-RC0, I think).

 Anyway, if you’ve got a bunch of servers that you need to perform a common task on (copy files, check event logs, etc), this is handy…however, it only works if you’ve got the Managed By field set [...]

PowerShell Script for Server Hardware Updates

No. This script doesn’t do the updates for you, as awesome as that would be. I have a bunch of boxes that I have to do firmware updates on tonight. Apparently the Dell PERC4 has an issue on a certain firmware revision that will cause arrays of 5 or more disks in RAID 5 or [...]