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Jeffery Hicks is an IT veteran with over 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis on automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: PowerShell String Parsing with Regular Expressions

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks walks us through string parsing with regular expressions in this second installment in his article series about parsing text strings with PowerShell.

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How to Query the DSC Compliance Server

Jeff Hicks shows us how to query the DSC compliance server with PowerShell 4.0 in this quick tutorial.

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Adding Trace Information to a PowerShell Ping Tool

Jeff Hicks shows us how to add trace information to a PowerShell ping tool in his latest article.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Use PowerShell to Find Non-System Service Accounts

Learn how to use PowerShell to find non-system service accounts in this primer by Petri Contributing Editor Jeff Hicks.

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Create ZIP archives with PowerShell and the Shell.Application COM object

Jeff Hicks shows us an alternative way to create ZIP archives with PowerShell that doesn’t rely on using .NET compression classes.

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Using PowerShell and WMI to Find Folders by File Type

Learn how to use PowerShell and WMI to find file folders by type in this article by PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: How to Pull Data from Log Files using PowerShell

Microsoft PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks shows us how to pull data from log files using PowerShell and the Get-Content and Import-CSV cmdlets.

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An IT Pro Perspective on Lenovo Superfish

Crapware and bloatware has been making PC user experiences horrible for decades. Jeff Hicks explains why the Superfish fiasco carries some lessons for PC makers and IT pros as well.

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How to Create a PowerShell Module

Jeff Hicks wraps up his system uptime clock article series by showing you how to create a a PowerShell module.

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A PowerShell Script to Find System Uptime: Formatting Results

Jeff Hicks continues his PowerShell journey by looking at a script that finds system time and provides tips for formatting results.

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