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. [...]

Powershell 2.0 CTP – Remoting – PowerShell Remove WDS

So, with PowerShell 2.0 CTP’s arrival, and me finally having some time to mess around with some of the new features, here’s my previous (and first popular) post re-hashed for PowerShell 2.0 CTP. This will only work on machines with WS-Management installed, so it probably won’t work on most of your machines (unless you’ve deployed it), [...]

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 [...]