Powershell: Win32_Process: List account for each process

How many times have you been asked to find out what account is being used for a

specific process or service?

I can count about a hundred.

Well, in two lines you can dazzle your boss or client with this gem: 

$process = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Process

$process | Invoke-CimMethod -MethodName GetOwner

Powershell: How to list properties from a type

I wanted to list the properties that are part of the System.Management Namespace:

To do this I needed to import the System.Management namespace into Powershell:

$Management = Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Management -PassThru

This gave me a reference to the type.

I then needed to list what was being exposed by the Add-Type syntax:

$Management | Get-Member -MemberType Property

The results are listed below:


Name                       MemberType Definition
----                       ---------- ----------
Assembly                   Property   System.Reflection.Assembly Assembly {get;}
AssemblyQualifiedName      Property   string AssemblyQualifiedName {get;}
Attributes                 Property   System.Reflection.TypeAttributes Attributes {get;}
BaseType                   Property   type BaseType {get;}
ContainsGenericParameters  Property   bool ContainsGenericParameters {get;}
CustomAttributes           Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData] CustomAttributes {get;}
DeclaredConstructors       Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo] DeclaredConstructors {get;}
DeclaredEvents             Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.EventInfo] DeclaredEvents {get;}
DeclaredFields             Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.FieldInfo] DeclaredFields {get;}
DeclaredMembers            Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.MemberInfo] DeclaredMembers {get;}
DeclaredMethods            Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.MethodInfo] DeclaredMethods {get;}
DeclaredNestedTypes        Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.TypeInfo] DeclaredNestedTypes {get;}
DeclaredProperties         Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.Reflection.PropertyInfo] DeclaredProperties {get;}
DeclaringMethod            Property   System.Reflection.MethodBase DeclaringMethod {get;}
DeclaringType              Property   type DeclaringType {get;}
FullName                   Property   string FullName {get;}
GenericParameterAttributes Property   System.Reflection.GenericParameterAttributes GenericParameterAttributes {get;}
GenericParameterPosition   Property   int GenericParameterPosition {get;}
GenericTypeArguments       Property   type[] GenericTypeArguments {get;}
GenericTypeParameters      Property   type[] GenericTypeParameters {get;}
GUID                       Property   guid GUID {get;}
HasElementType             Property   bool HasElementType {get;}
ImplementedInterfaces      Property   System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[type] ImplementedInterfaces {get;}
IsAbstract                 Property   bool IsAbstract {get;}
IsAnsiClass                Property   bool IsAnsiClass {get;}
IsArray                    Property   bool IsArray {get;}
IsAutoClass                Property   bool IsAutoClass {get;}
IsAutoLayout               Property   bool IsAutoLayout {get;}
IsByRef                    Property   bool IsByRef {get;}
IsClass                    Property   bool IsClass {get;}
IsCOMObject                Property   bool IsCOMObject {get;}
IsConstructedGenericType   Property   bool IsConstructedGenericType {get;}
IsContextful               Property   bool IsContextful {get;}
IsEnum                     Property   bool IsEnum {get;}
IsExplicitLayout           Property   bool IsExplicitLayout {get;}
IsGenericParameter         Property   bool IsGenericParameter {get;}
IsGenericType              Property   bool IsGenericType {get;}
IsGenericTypeDefinition    Property   bool IsGenericTypeDefinition {get;}
IsImport                   Property   bool IsImport {get;}
IsInterface                Property   bool IsInterface {get;}
IsLayoutSequential         Property   bool IsLayoutSequential {get;}
IsMarshalByRef             Property   bool IsMarshalByRef {get;}
IsNested                   Property   bool IsNested {get;}
IsNestedAssembly           Property   bool IsNestedAssembly {get;}
IsNestedFamANDAssem        Property   bool IsNestedFamANDAssem {get;}
IsNestedFamily             Property   bool IsNestedFamily {get;}
IsNestedFamORAssem         Property   bool IsNestedFamORAssem {get;}
IsNestedPrivate            Property   bool IsNestedPrivate {get;}
IsNestedPublic             Property   bool IsNestedPublic {get;}
IsNotPublic                Property   bool IsNotPublic {get;}
IsPointer                  Property   bool IsPointer {get;}
IsPrimitive                Property   bool IsPrimitive {get;}
IsPublic                   Property   bool IsPublic {get;}
IsSealed                   Property   bool IsSealed {get;}
IsSecurityCritical         Property   bool IsSecurityCritical {get;}
IsSecuritySafeCritical     Property   bool IsSecuritySafeCritical {get;}
IsSecurityTransparent      Property   bool IsSecurityTransparent {get;}
IsSerializable             Property   bool IsSerializable {get;}
IsSpecialName              Property   bool IsSpecialName {get;}
IsUnicodeClass             Property   bool IsUnicodeClass {get;}
IsValueType                Property   bool IsValueType {get;}
IsVisible                  Property   bool IsVisible {get;}
MemberType                 Property   System.Reflection.MemberTypes MemberType {get;}
MetadataToken              Property   int MetadataToken {get;}
Module                     Property   System.Reflection.Module Module {get;}
Name                       Property   string Name {get;}
Namespace                  Property   string Namespace {get;}
ReflectedType              Property   type ReflectedType {get;}
StructLayoutAttribute      Property   System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute StructLayoutAttribute {get;}
TypeHandle                 Property   System.RuntimeTypeHandle TypeHandle {get;}
TypeInitializer            Property   System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo TypeInitializer {get;}
UnderlyingSystemType       Property   type UnderlyingSystemType {get;}

Powershell: Running A Job

You can start a job like this:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process -ComputerName .}

Or this:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process -ComputerName localhost}

Or this:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process -ComputerName WIN-Q7SQIHMFTHM}







Id     Name            PSJobTypeName   State         HasMoreData     Location             Command
--     ----            -------------   -----         -----------     --------             -------
2      Job2            BackgroundJob   Running       True            localhost            Get-Process

Then use Get-Job to determine if the job has completed:







PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-Job -Id 2

Id     Name            PSJobTypeName   State         HasMoreData     Location             Command
--     ----            -------------   -----         -----------     --------             -------
2      Job2            BackgroundJob   Completed     True            localhost            Get-Process

To view the information, use Receive-Job:








PS C:\Users\Administrator> Receive-Job -Id 2

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName
-------  ------    -----      ----- -----   ------     -- -----------
    527      26     5292      17708    96     4.31   6016 CcmExec