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Hi. I have had a look at the scripts on Spiceworks. One of the scripts that I want to try out, shows the code and is used with Powershell.

So I open ‘powershell’ and then copy paste the text into it to run? Is that it? I tried that but red lines of error came up. Am I doing something wrong? Sorry new to scripting, I know basics like renaming a notepad file with crediable code in it as ‘.bat’ what about vbscript files how can I run them? thanks

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You can run the scripts from within a powershell ISE (powershell 2.0). For automation you would usually use the commandline. Something like:

powershell ./script.ps1

You need to specify the exact path or ./ for current directory.

Another issue is that the machine that the script is run on will often need to have permission to run the script.

It’s worth looking up powershell getting stared guides and having a wee play with base commands in the ISE to get a hang of recognising the error messages and so on.

Start->Programs->Accessories->Windows Powershell

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Something else to watch out for - there are different ‘breeds’ of Powershell. If, for example, you’re looking at a script for Server 2008 and are attempting to run it on 2008 R2, it may or may not work. Same with running an Exchange script without installing the addons first. Lots of folks who post their scripts overlook this fact, and Google is often necessary to bridge that gap. Google the first part of the command you’re trying to run and see that it is present on your incarnation of Powershell.