Category: Scripting
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oh-my-zsh slow on WSL2 git directory
You might notice oh-my-zsh very slow on WSL2 shell, especially when you cd into a directory with git enabled. This can be resolved by running following command
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Run Disk Cleanup tool on Windows Server without Installing
If you are getting a low disk space alert on a Windows Server, the safest way to free some space is to run the Disk Cleanup wizard. However on Windows Server, by default Disk Cleanup is not installed. Installing it through “Add Windows Features” would trigger a reboot. To avoid this you can simply install…
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Install PowerShell and Powershell ISE on Windows Server
Windows Server 2003 For Windows server 2003, PowerShell V1 was released as KB ( hotfix). Download and install KB926139 – Windows PowerShell 1.0 English-Language Installation Package for Windows Server 2003 If you need PowerShell V2, make sure you have SP2 installed and then install Windows Management Framework from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929 Windows Server 2008 For Windows Server…
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Using SCVMM 2012 Cmdlets in PowerShell
SCVMM Cmdlets allow SCVMM admin/users to do everything they can do in SCVMM AdminConsole in windows PowerShell command line. In SCVMM 2008 R2, you can run following command in PowerShell to run SCVMM cmdlets. Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager But this does not work in SCVMM 2012 as SCVMM 2012 uses PowerShell module. For SCVMM 2012 now you…
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Configure PowerShell to use DotNet 4.0
You might get following error when you load a snap-in that is written by DotNet 4.0. This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded. This is because by default, PowerShell uses DotNet version 2.0 CLR. To use powershell load DotNet 4.0 assemblies, the following settings need…
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How to run ps1 scripts
PowerShell scripts are text files with ".ps1" extensions that contain PowerShell commands. Starting with Windows Server 2008, PowerShell is built into the OS. For earlier OS versions, you will need to download PowerShell at Microsoft PowerShell Site and install it. To run ps1 scripts, you first need to enable scripts by running: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned Otherwise,…
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Install PowerShell From Command Line
To install PowerShell on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, following features needs to be installed. NetFx2-ServerCore NetFx3-ServerCore MicrosoftWindowsPowerShell Because Powershell is built on DotNet framework, DotNet 2.0 and 3.5 has to be installed prior to PowerShell installation. To install PowerShell from command line, run following from elevated command prompt DISM.exe /online…
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Enable DotNet 3.5 from command line
To enable DotNet 3.5 from command line, run following from elevated command prompt dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3
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Synchronizing two batch files
This useful command lets you wait for signals from other command windows or even across the network. waitfor.exe is in windowssystem32 directory. The simple case for the tool is in one command window you do a “waitfor foobar” and it’ll block until in another window you do a “waitfor /SI foobar”.
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Disable standby/sleep
powercfg.exe is a windows built in tool to config power management. powercfg.exe is a command line utility, it’s easy to integrate powercfg.exe into scripts. Turn hibernation off powercfg -hibernate OFF Set the power configuration to High Performance powercfg -setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c Set the absentia power scheme (the scheme used when no one is logged in) powercfg.exe…