PowerShell Rainbow

Colors are cool ! What about giving our very own PowerShell Console some splash of colors. HOW IT WORKS : Access the BackgroundColor attribute of the $Host variable and change it as desired, like in the screenshot below. NOTE :  We are passing the Decimal value of the Colors in this attribute and Last value set by my… Read More PowerShell Rainbow

PowerShell : Get Synonyms using Online Thesaurus

Internet is very Powerful ! Lots of online API’s, Tools and Programs are available that will make your life easy. Today in this post I’ll discuss with you how to get Synonyms of a word using an Online Thesaurus API and Powershell. What is a Synonym ? A Synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same… Read More PowerShell : Get Synonyms using Online Thesaurus

PowerShell : Get Directions using Google Map API

HOW IT WORKS : Today we’ll use the very popular Google Map’s Directions API to generate instructions to navigate between two cities  using PowerShell. Just to show you how it work, please go to the below mentioned URL by passing the required parameters. You’ll reach to an XML page with all the necessary data. Now just we need… Read More PowerShell : Get Directions using Google Map API

PowerShell GUI : Releasing Multiple Stale IP’s from DHCP Scope at once.

SCENARIO : Multiple stale IP Addresses for clients no longer connected to the network are occupying the DHCP scope and Clients aren’t able to request free IP Leases. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS : Reduce the lease duration to something below than Default 8 Days, so that stale IP’s could be auto deleted Increasing the DHCP Scope Size to accommodate new… Read More PowerShell GUI : Releasing Multiple Stale IP’s from DHCP Scope at once.