Tech Tips, Tricks & Trivia

Summary of the 2hour 40 minute duration Pluralsight   Introduction to PowerShell course, including other interesting material I found - + What is PowerShell? Windows PowerShell command-line interface is a new command-line tool It's a scripting language from Microsoft that complements Cmd.exe in the Windows administration context. Based on .NET Everything is a .NET object PowerShell version 2 is included with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 PowerShell scripts have a .ps1 extension + How to get started? To start working with Powershell, go to Windows Accessories & select Windows PowerShell. PowerShell Environments: Out of box – PowerShell command window, PowerShell ISE (Integrated Shell Environment) Free ISE’s – PowerSE, PowerGUI Commercial PowerShell ISE or Integrated Scripting Environment is  a GUI for working with PowerShell You can hide the Script panel in PowerShell ISE if you work a lot in Interactiv

There may be times when you want to look for results for a particular keyword or phrase from among discussion boards and online forums. For instance, you may want to know about opinions on solving a complex programming issue or find the experiences of people with a particular ailment or gauge the reactions of food aficionados to some exotic recipe. In such cases, articles don't help and to cut to the chase, you can turn to Google Groups Search. It now gets results from not just threads within Google Groups but also other online forums.  Currently, not all forum sites are included & a glaring omission seems to be the StackExchange family of Q & A sites . Adding Google Groups as a search engine is relatively easy in Chrome & Opera than the other browsers. Once you configure Google Groups as a search provider within Chrome... ...you can type the keyword you assigned that provider (I choose "grp" to represent Google Groups Search) followed by your search que