List of Listings

Chapter 1. Solving administrative challenges

Listing 1.1. Find free disk space

Listing 1.2. VBScript to retrieve process information

Listing 1.3. PowerShell translation

Listing 1.4. Shut down a data center

Listing 1.5. Computer audit

Chapter 2. Using PowerShell

Listing 2.1. Object creation

Listing 2.2. Script to investigate physical disks

Listing 2.3. Function to investigate physical disks

Listing 2.4. Advanced function to investigate physical disks

Chapter 3. WMI in depth

Listing 3.1. Find WMI namespaces installed on a system

Listing 3.2. Find WMI providers in each namespace

Listing 3.3. Find WMI classes installed by a provider

Listing 3.4. Discover the key property of a WMI class

Listing 3.5. Document WMI on a machine

Listing 3.6. Trigger an action through a WMI event

Chapter 4. Best practices and optimization

Listing 4.1. Using the param block

Listing 4.2. Calculated field in Format-Table

Listing 4.3. Calculated field in Select-Object

Listing 4.4. Win32_LogicalDisk type file

Listing 4.5. Script debugging

Listing 4.6. Using Try-Catch-Finally

Listing 4.7. WMI return codes

Chapter 5. System documentation

Listing 5.1. Basic system information

Listing 5.2. Computer type

Listing 5.3. Domain role

Listing 5.4. CPU type

Listing 5.5. Listing 5.5 BIOS

Listing 5.6. Memory configuration

Listing 5.7. Display settings

Listing 5.8. Input devices

Listing 5.9. Hardware ports

Listing 5.10. Battery details

Listing 5.11. Battery status

Listing 5.12. Test power source

Listing 5.13. Power plan