October, 2009

In this post : How Do I Run Scripts? Which WMI Class Works with IDE Controllers? How Can I Randomize and Repeat Sequences? How Can I Run a VBScript I Find on the Script Center? How Can I Enable the Windows Scripting Host on My Computer...

(Editor’s note: Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that remoting...

( Editor’s note : Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am curious about some...

Windows Management Framework, which includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0, was officially released to the world this morning. You can now easily manage your Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows...

( Editor’s note : Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order .) Hey Scripting Guy! I am curious about the...

( Editor’s note : Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I see that Windows PowerShell...

In this post : Can I Submit Ideas for the 2010 Scripting Games? How Can I Load the ISE on Windows Server 2008 R2? How Can I Prevent Pop-Up Windows When Running a VBScript Script? How Can I Overwrite Existing Files When Using VBScript and...

( Editor's note : This is part 2 of a two-part article originally intended for TechNet Magazine . Part 1 was published yesterday .) Now we arrive at the entry point to the script. The first thing to do in the entry point of the script is to create...

( Editor's note : This is part 1 of a two-part article originally intended for TechNet Magazine . Part 2 will be published tomorrow.) Little clouds of dust rise from the ground like miniature tornados carrying powdery sand that drifts along lazily...

( Editor's note : This is part 2 of a two-part article originally intended for TechNet Magazine . Part 1 was published yesterday .) To obtain information about the provider for a WMI class, you will need to open the class. Click the Open Class button...

( Editor's note : This is part 1 of a two-part article originally intended for TechNet Magazine . Part 2 will be published tomorrow.) The sun had barely thought about coming up as I stepped aboard the catamaran that would take me from the Circular...

In this post : Has the WMI Problem with Dates and Daylight Saving Time Been Resolved? How Can I Change the Color of Error Messages in the Windows PowerShell Console? How Can I Read a Text File and Update 2,000 User Accounts? Can I Use a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to obtain a listing of unique words from a Microsoft Word document. I know that there is the Sort-Object cmdlet that can be used to retrieve unique items, and there is the Get-Content cmdlet that can read the text of a text...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a rather strange question. Do you know how to add a reference to a document in Microsoft Word? I am not talking about by using the GUI tools, but by using a Windows PowerShell or a VBScript to add a reference at the bottom of...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am so mad right now, I could just about scream. In fact, if you don't mind, I believe I will scream. We have this stupid printer at work that I have to use to print out a very important report. This printer is rather slow when printing...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder that contains a number of Microsoft Word documents that are all related to a specific project. I need to know the number of words in all of those Word documents. This is because the project is billable based upon the...

In this post : How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Title Bar? How Can I Create a Password Based on the User's First Name and Last Name? How Can I Bail Out a For...Next Loop When the Number 15 Is Reached? How Can I Modify an Executable...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to get a list of all the groups of which a user is a member. I do not mean the groups of which the user is a direct member, but I need to know all of the groups. You know that groups can be members of other groups, and other...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to get a list of all the users that have set their manager in Active Directory. We have this Web application that allows users to populate information such as their phone number, their office location, and their manager. We...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to obtain a listing of the domain controllers in my domain. I am thinking about using Windows PowerShell to query the Domain Controllers Organizational Unit, but I am not sure this is the right approach. Will this work? If it...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I hope you do not think I am clueless, but I need to obtain a list of all the domain controllers in my domain. Can you help me out by writing a Windows PowerShell script to list all of the domain controllers in my domain? -- KH...

In this post : Troubleshooting a VBScript That Uses Systems Management Server 2003 Can I Prompt a User to Determine Which Network Card to Enable or Disable? Working with Domain Admin Privileges and Embedded Passwords How Can I List Available...

(Portions of this blog post previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide .) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have some services that are running on my computer. I looked them up on TechNet and I do not believe I need...