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Kevin M. Sparenberg
Kevin's Ramblings
Adding my own 2¢ to the Technology Communities
  • Home Lab | PowerShell

    Install Latest 7-Zip with PowerShell

    ByKevin April 2, 2021July 22, 2026

    I still consider 7-zip to be essential on almost any workstation or machine I touch. This expedites the download and install.

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  • Home Lab | PowerShell

    Installing Utilities Folder with PowerShell

    ByKevin January 6, 2021July 22, 2026

    There are a handful of utilities I’ve always used and expect on Windows workstations and servers. This helps streamline that process.

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  • Home Lab | PowerShell

    Installing the Latest Notepad++ with PowerShell

    ByKevin January 6, 2021July 14, 2026

    I just needed a place to stash this and my GitHub didn’t seem appropriate. I make no guarantees that this will work and it’s only been tested on one system so far. I added the -Unique flag to the end of the download URL detection as indicated in a below message. (Again, nice catch!)

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  • Repurposing a Truck Box as a Prep Table
    DIY | Random

    Repurposing a Truck Box as a Prep Table

    ByKevin December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

    What to do with an unused truck box? I know! Make a prep station for grilling.

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  • PowerShell & TheTvDB API
    PowerShell | Application Programming Interface

    PowerShell & TheTvDB API

    ByKevin August 10, 2020December 27, 2024

    In learning about PowerShell and Web API’s, I figured I would start with something fun and easy.

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  • A Time for Reflections & Thanks
    Family | Personal

    A Time for Reflections & Thanks

    ByKevin November 18, 2018November 17, 2018

    Seventeen years.  It’s been seventeen years since we lost my brother.  He was just 21 years old and my life has never been the same since.  Reflecting back on the intervening years, I realized that his way may have been the best way. Thanksgiving was just four days away that year and it was particularly…

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  • Musings

    A Reflection on Stan Lee

    ByKevin November 14, 2018December 6, 2018

    As I write this, I’m currently in the hotel room preparing for a SolarWinds User Group in Frankfurt, Germany. I heard the news about Stan Lee’s passing at the dinner table surrounded by coworkers and friends when in London and got to thinking about how a single person can have such a large impact. I…

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  • Building my Orion Server [Scripting Edition] – Step 3.1
    SolarWinds | PowerShell

    Building my Orion Server [Scripting Edition] – Step 3.1

    ByKevin October 12, 2018October 22, 2021

    Let’s forget all about my previous step 3. For the sake of argument, step 3 is dead, long live step 3.1!  Any script should be a living, breathing document which gets updated as needed.  In this case, it was needed.  Why would I burn such a good script to the ground?  Well, to be blunt,…

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  • Photo Organization via PowerShell and Tags (Part 2)
    PowerShell

    Photo Organization via PowerShell and Tags (Part 2)

    ByKevin October 3, 2018November 19, 2020

    In Part 1 of trying to tame my photos, I tried to wrangle my horribly organized photo library.  My organization skills were lacking, like many, when it comes to photos.  We take them, we import them or save them and then we… forget about them.  That’s a problem when I’m trying to handle large amounts…

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