Get 10 CPU consuming processes

Here's a little function that finds the top 10 CPU consuming processes with a nice colorful output. Paste the below code into PowerShell.

<#
.CREATED BY:
    Matthew A. Kerfoot
.CREATED ON:
    10\25\2013
.Synopsis
   Gathers Top 10 CPU consuming processes.
.DESCRIPTION
    This function gathers all processes list them by highest CPU consumption and `
    then displays a nice colorfull display of the top 10 processes listed decending.
.EXAMPLE
   Get-TopCpu -computername localhost -color yellow
#>
Function Get-TopCpu {

            [CmdletBinding()]
    param ( [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
            Position=0)]
            [string[]]$computername = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
            [string]$color = "Green"
          )

$num = 1
$Total = 10
$Cpu = Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending 
Hostname
 foreach ($_ in $Cpu) {
      If ($num -gt $Total) { break }
            write-host "$num) " -NoNewline
            write-host $_.Description  -foregroundcolor "$color" -NoNewline
            write-host " - CPU:"$_.CPU
            $num += 1 }

 Get-WmiObject win32_processor | select LoadPercentage  | fl
}
Get-TopCpu

Hit Enter a couple times and then type 'Get-TopCpu'.

Server Core to full Windows Server

     Have you ever logged onto a server that has Server Core installed? Did you know how to make the changes you logged on the server to make? Well if not here is a simple step-by-step guide on converting a Windows Server Core installation to the full Windows Server with a GUI.

So we begin with just a command prompt...

c:\Users\Administrator>

Then lets open up PowerShell by Typing 'powershell.exe' or just 'powershell' for short.

c:\Users\Administrator>powershell

TIP : 'powershell.exe -RunAs' opens an elavated PowerShell prompt.

c:\Users\Administrator>powershell
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PS C:\Users\Administrator>

It's time to install "The Shell" first things first, lets find out which features are needed. To do this I usually utilize the 'Get-WindowsFeature' cmdlet with the '-Name' parameter to search the Windows Feature I'm looking for like this 'Get-WindowsFeature -Name *Server-GUI*'.

PS C:\users\Administrator> Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell,Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -restart

Break time: Go get a coffee this will take a couple minutes to install and then restart.

Welcome to Windows Server full GUI!

 

PowerShell Error Handling

In this Video I will show you how to change the color of the error font.