To change or adjust the system date and time using PowerShell, use following steps: Step 1: Login to your Windows desktop or server with a user that has administrative privileges. Step 2: Open PowerShell, type the following command and then press enter from your keyboard: set-date -date "06/06/2014 18:53" Make sure to change your date ... Read more
If you want to turn off the Windows Firewall, there are three methods. One is using the GUI which is the method that takes the most time, the other two methods are faster and using PowerShell and command prompt. Turning Off Firewall Using PowerShell On the PowerShell, execute the following command. This will turn off your ... Read more
In this article, I am going to explain the difference between a samAccountName and a userPrincipalName which are often used in an Active Directory context. samAccountName It was used with an earlier version of windows (pre-windows 2000). User login name is in the format of DomainName\testUser. It should be less than 20 characters. It should be ... Read more
You can use the read-host command-let to get an input from a user during program execution. PowerShell Input Example Here is a related example, the program gets two numbers in string format and converts them into integers and then sums up those numbers and finally displays the result. The -prompt parameter is used to display a ... Read more
You can read a text file and display its content using get-content cmdlet in PowerShell. Read textfile example Execute the following command on PowerShell with elevated privileges. Get-Content c:\scripts\test.txt This command will display the contents of the file test.txt which is located in c:\scripts\
When you have to generate random passwords for users, you can execute the get-random command let on PowerShell to create it. Generate Random Number get-random -maximum 2000 -minimum 100 This command, when executed on PowerShell, creates a number between 1999 (not 2000 and always set one number higher in maximum) and 100.
If you have worked with other programming languages, you have may used functions for code reusability. You can also create functions in PowerShell. PowerShell function example Below is syntax of simple function function hello-world { write-host "hello world" } You can also pass parameters in a function using param keyword function Get-TimesResult { Param ([int]$a,[int]$b) $c = $a * $b Write-Output ... Read more
If you have recently installed a new Windows Server 2016, it is a good practice to assign it a user friendly server name and change its date, time and time zone to match your location. Changing the Server Name Step 1: Press Windows icon key + X on your keyboard and click on System. Step 2: Click on ... Read more
PowerShell commands are an easy way to save a lot of time as system administrator. In this article, I'll show you how to configure DHCP from PowerShell. I have following information including scope, and router gateway IP. DHCP DNSServerIP="192.168.1.10" DHCPServerIP="192.168.1.10" StartRange="192.168.1.150" EndRange="192.168.1.200" Subnet="255.255.255.0" Router="192.168.1.1" Following is the configuration break down: Installing DHCP Adding DHCP scope ... Read more
Sometime it is necessary to keep installed drivers on windows even after running sysprep. You can do so by following these steps. Step-by-Step instructions Step 1: Open run command. Type regedit and then press enter key. Step 2: Go to the following path: GoHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sysprep\Settingregedits\sppnp Step 3: Locate PersistAllDeviceInstalls on right side of window. Step 4: Right-click and ... Read more