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How can I tell if a string in PowerShell contains a number?

I came across a scenario where I wanted to handle data that contained a number in the string one way...

Date: 07/28/2011

How do I run Powershell.exe/command prompt as the LocalSystem Account on Windows 7?

Every once in a while I will need to troubleshoot something with the LocalSystem Account. Using the...

Date: 10/27/2010

How can I get a my servers Network Adapter(s) driver filename and version info using Powershell?

I’d like to be able to pull the same info I can see in Driver File Details from Powershell. I’ve...

Date: 11/13/2009

The security Permissions aren’t the same when I use Robocopy /copyall or robocopy /Sec.

I see this when using Robocopy.exe version XP027 and trying to copy inherited permissions. In the...

Date: 07/01/2009

I’m an administrator on my VistaServer2008 computer but I can’t view any disk space information.

I’ve found another case where having UAC enabled will have some interesting results on what an...

Date: 06/26/2009

I renamed my WS2008 Domain Controllers and now replication is not working.

Symptoms; When I saw this replication was totally failing to some tail sites. Upon further...

Date: 05/29/2009

Why does my cluster resource keep timing out when I try to bring it online?

I saw this on a W2k3SP2 cluster that couldn’t bring a 2TB drive online after it was failed over. The...

Date: 05/04/2009

Why doesn’t Microsoft Network Load Balancing spread traffic evenly across its cluster members?

The short answer: It isn’t designed to, Network Load Balancing is a cool name but it doesn’t...

Date: 10/10/2008

Vista or Server2008 stuck at a black screen and the desktop never renders.

I’ve seen this a few times now and there isn’t any good documentation that I’ve found that helps...

Date: 07/03/2008