In this case we’re going to use the method GetHostAddresses of the Dns class of the Sytem.Net namespace. For PowerShell 2.0 you can use following Windows PowerShell One Liners: Name to IP Address (DNS Forward) 1 2 [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses('graef.io') [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses('graef.io').IPAddressToString IP Address to Name (DNS Reverse) 1 2 3 4 5 [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostbyAddress('85.13.135.42') HostName Aliases AddressList -------- ------- ----------- graef.io {} {85.13.135.42} As of PowerShell 4.0 you can use the Cmdlet Resolve-DnsName as well as for both Forward and Reverse:

Open PowerShell or Commmand Shell, enter the following 1 2 set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 devmgmt.msc . This will open your device manager with the ability to show hidden devices. Click on View and select “Show hidden devices”. . Select your hidden device you need to remove, right click and select uninstall. That’s it! . In case you need to remove multiple orphan / hidden / ghosted devices like disks on Windows Failover Cluster Nodes you can use Ghostbuster for that.