Managing VirtualBox using PowerShell – Part 1: Introduction to COM objects

March 8, 2010
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The VirtualBox is a nice piece of work by the people at Sun and the community around it. I started using this especially because it lets me run x64 OS for my SharePoint 2010 demo virtual machines. VMWare Workstation can also do this but I found VirtualBox to be an easier one to use. I [...]

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PowerShell extensions for CodePlex release web service version 0.2

March 4, 2010
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I just made a release of PSCodePlex 0.2. This has got no fancy features but a lot of improvements as suggested by some of you. This release got some breaking changes to parameters.

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PowerShell scripts demonstrating usage of datagrid and treeview controls in Windows forms

March 2, 2010

I just posted a couple of scripts that demonstrate how Windows forms controls such as DataGrid and TreeView can be used in PowerShell. These scripts can be found on the TechNet script center.

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Remote file explorer using PowerShell remoting and Windows forms

February 23, 2010
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Last week, I released the remote file explorer powerpack for PowerGUI. The concept of this powerpack is quite simple. We use PowerShell remoting to access the PS drives of a remote machine and then use the same remoting channel to transfer files between computers.

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Remote file explorer PowerPack using PowerShell 2.0 remoting

February 21, 2010
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I just realesed my second powerpack for PowerGUI — A remote file explorer. This one uses PowerShell 2.0 remoting to enable remote drive browsing and file transfers. For performing file transfers, I am using pModem module developed by @oising. At present, this module supports file transfers from a remote session only. So as this PowerPack.

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Archiving PowerShell command history on a daily basis

February 20, 2010
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I try quite a few things everyday within in a PowerShell prompt or ISE or some other script editor. Sometimes, there will be some useful one-liners I receive on Twitter or found somewhere on Internet. However, once I close the session, the whole command history is gone and I lose all that I tried if [...]

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