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Using PowerShell to Resolve SIDs to Friendly Names

Time and time again I run into an issue that presents me with a SID which I need to resolve. I’ve used a number of tools and scripts over the years to address this issue. I think I have the best and easiest method for me to solve this issue that always seems to pop up. If you’re new to PowerShell...

Posted to The Life of Brian by BrianM on Thu, Oct 7 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Active Directory, Scripting, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, PowerShell
Check which Sites Have Been Visited (Even if Private Browsing Mode is Used)

Some days ago I wrote a post about Hacking InPrivate Browsing, there you find useful information about how to find traces left by Internet Explorer using InPrivate Browsing. Incognito Mode in Google Chrome, Private Browsing in Firefox, and InPrivate Browsing...

Posted to Minty White by on Fri, Aug 27 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Windows 7, browser, Windows 7 Security, internet explorer, Chrome, Powershell, firefox, private mode
Monitor CPU and Memory Usage with Just One Click in Windows 7 [How To]

No matter how much money you have invested in a new computer, sooner or later you will face performance problems. These problems are usually related with the CPU or the memory. Computers are becoming so complex that you need all the help you can get to...

Posted to Minty White by on Wed, Aug 11 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Windows 7, Windows 7 Maintenance, perfomance, memory, CPU, Powershell
How Active Directory PowerShell CMDLETS find a DC running Active Directory Web Services

If you have been playing with the the AD PowerShell cmdlets you know that it requires a few things to run, first Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7, the .NET Framework 3.5.1 and of course if you want to manage an AD domain you need Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) installed on at least one domain...

Posted to The Life of Brian by BrianM on Mon, Jan 25 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Active Directory, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, PowerShell
PowerShell and the Event Viewer

With PowerShell 2.0 being released with Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 there are plenty of fun stuff to do. Although what I'm about to show you is not specific to PoSh 2.0 but it a great way to pull info from the Event Viewer. When I’m presented with a problem on a server one of the first place...

Posted to The Life of Brian by BrianM on Tue, Dec 1 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, PowerShell
Scheduled Tasks

Keeping on the theme of Scheduled Tasks I wanted to dig into the tasks that exist on my system. I did a fresh install of Windows 7 in August and haven’t created any scheduled tasks – so what I see should be close to the system defaults. This machine isn’t in a domain. I can load the task...

Posted to Richard Siddaway's Blog by RichardSiddaway on Fri, Nov 13 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Powershell, PowerShell V2, Windows 7
Auto-Publish with VPC7

Windows 7 will support a new version of Virtual PC known as VPC7. The big feature that VPC7 adds is application publishing using RAIL technology. This enables the application to directly integrate into the Win7 desktop and Start menu, running as if the application were local, instead of running on a...

Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, May 12 2009
Filed under: Filed under: PowerShell, Virtualization, TS RemoteApps, Windows 7
Get-PSDrive

Get-PsDrive has been one of those cmdlets that you use without really noticing – when you want to see if a provider is loaded for instance. In the Windows 7 RC the display has had a makeover. PS> Get-PSDrive Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root CurrentLocation ---- --------- --------- -------- ...

Posted to Richard Siddaway's Blog by on Fri, May 8 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Powershell, PowerShell V2, Windows 7
Computername parameter

This is something I’ve been meaning to share for a while. Many of the cmdlets in PowerShell v2 get an explicit remoting capability via the computername property. get-help * -Parameter computername | sort name Clear-EventLog Connect-WSMan Disconnect-WSMan Enter-PSSession Get-Counter Get-EventLog Get-HotFix...

Posted to Richard Siddaway's Blog by on Fri, May 1 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Powershell, PowerShell V2, Windows 7, v2, Remoting

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