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These are my conference demos from WinConnections Orlando 2008. My sessions were all on PowerShell: Managing Active Directory with PowerShell Managing Servers and Desktops with PowerShell and WMI Powershell and Windows Server 2008 Read the examples thoroughly and test in a non-production environment. If you have questions, please post in…   More »

 Here's an example of using alternate credentials to connect to either WMI or ADSI. Note that WMI doesn't allow alternate credentials if you're connecting to the LOCAL computer - only for remote connections. Both of these examples use a function. GetPassword, which I've included. This prompts you for a password…   More »

 This script assumes you have a text file listing one name per line - could be a computer name or a user name. In the example, which uses WMI, it's a computer name, and the script performs the same operation against each name. There are actually simpler ways, or at…   More »

 Here's an example of using PowerShell to connect to WMI on a remote computer using alternate credentials. Keep in mind that WMI itself doesn't permit alternate credentials for local connections.   # # ScriptingAnswers.com Essentials # copyright 2006 SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. # # Using alternate credentials with WMI # #…   More »