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2013 PowerShell Scripting Games Advanced Event 1 – Parameters Don’t Always Work As Expected

Apr 30, 2013 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

The scenario for this event states the following which has been paraphrased: Someone allowed log files to build up for around two years and they're starting to causing disk space issues on the server. You need to build a tool to archive the log files because this has happened more than once. Applications write log …

Interesting How People are Claiming to Have Same Beginner 1 Solution as the Expert Solution but Still Did Not Get 5 Stars

Apr 23, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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This past weekend I posted a blog about Beginner Event #9 of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games and I received a comment on it from @ruddawg26. I took a look at his profile and tweets. I found a tweet that was tweeted by him Interesting how people are claiming to have same beginner 1 solution as the expert solution …

Performance Counters – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event #10

Apr 22, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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Gather all of the counter information for the processor counter set. Take three separate readings at five second intervals. This information should be appended to a single text file named servername_ProcessorCounters.txt in the Documents special folder. You'll lose points for complexity. Use native PowerShell commands …

Search Event Log – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event #9

Apr 21, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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The details of the event scenario and the design points for Beginner Event #9 of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games can be found on the Hey, Scripting Guys! Blog. Find Veto Shutdown Events in the Application Event Log. A screenshot was provided that contains EventID 10001 and Winsrv as the source. Write a one liner to …

Determine Hardware Type – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event #8

Apr 20, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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Write a script to determine if a computer is a laptop or a desktop from a hardware prospective and display the output on the console. If this requires admin rights, you should detect if it is running as an admin or standard user. Extra points for writing a simple function that returns a boolean. I kind of figured this …

Enabled Logs with Data – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event #7

Apr 19, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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Display a list of enabled logs that contain data. Do not display errors. Include hidden logs. Display the complete log name and number of entries. Sort by the logs with the most entries in them. My research on this one lead me to the Use PowerShell to Query All Event Logs for Recent Events blog article on the Hey, …

Working with WMI – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event #6

Apr 18, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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The details of the event scenario and the design points for Beginner Event #6 of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games can be found on the Hey, Scripting Guys! Blog. Write a PowerShell script to determine the uptime of servers by using the WMI class WMI32_OperatingSystem. The script should display the server name, how …

Finding Application Errors – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event 5

Apr 17, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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The details of the event scenario and the design points for Beginner Event #5 of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games can be found on the Hey, Scripting Guys! Blog. Your manager has task you with producing a report of applications that are causing errors on your servers. This report should display the source and number …

Just Passing Thru – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event 4

Apr 13, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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The details of the event scenario and the design points for Beginner Event #4 of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games can be found on the Hey, Scripting Guys! Blog. The key to this one is figuring out how to format the output as shown in the screen shot in the event scenario which is similar to the one in the image …

Toughest Event Yet – 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games Beginner Event #3

Apr 12, 2012 · PowerShell Scripting Games ·

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The details of the event scenario and the design points for Beginner Event #3 of the 2012 PowerShell Scripting Games can be found on the Hey, Scripting Guys! Blog. This was the toughest event out of the first three for me. I spent a lot of time researching how to check permissions because part of the first design point …