With BGInfo , from SysInternals , you can display various system configuration values on screen, such as the computer name, IP address, operating system version etc. What if you want to display values from other sources, like the registry or from WMI or even from your own custom script? BGInfo is flexible enough to get/set this values for you with a few mouse clicks. For example, on our servers I wanted to add the server model and Serial number. This is the main BGInfo window. You can edit which...
My son heard all the alien beeps and asked me for this one, the Popcorn tune. I couldn't say no :) 1..2 | % { 1..2 | % {900,800,900,700,550,700,450 | % { [console]::beep($_,50); sleep -m 150}; sleep -m 250} 900,1000,1050,1000,1050,1000,1050,900,1000,900,1000,800,900,800,900 | % { [console]::beep($_,50); sleep -m 150} sleep -m 250 1..2 | % {900,800,900,700,550,700,450 | % { [console]::beep($_,50); sleep -m 150}; sleep -m 250} 900,1000,1050,1000,1050,1000,1050,900,1000,900,1000,800,900,1000,1050...
In response to Steve's Scripting/Sysadmin Meme How old were you when you started programming? I was 27 when I started to write HTML/ASP pages. What was your first machine? My first real computer was Windows 95 PC. When I was 12 (I think), my uncle gave me a Texas Instruments (I can't remember the model name) but at that time I wasn't a computer geek. What was the first real script you wrote? Looping through ADO recordset and populating Active Server Pages (ASP). What scripting languages...
Five tones: $notes = 900,1000,800,400,600 $duration = 400,400,400,400,1600 0..($notes.length-1) | % {[console]::beep($notes[$_],$duration[$_]) } Spaceship Siren: 1..10 | % { 370..470 | % { [console]::beep($_,5) }} Talking alien :) 900,500,1000,800,400,600,1200,300,200,500,1100,300 | % {[console]::beep($_,100)} CTP2 Alien: 1..20 | foreach { $rnd = (Get-Random -min 0 -max 20)*100 if ($rnd -eq 0) { sleep -m 10 } else { [console]::beep($rnd,100) } }