April, 2010

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I love it when it rains. It sings of cleansing, freshness, new birth, and endless possibilities. Especially when it is a gentle spring rain like we are enjoying right now. It reminds me of when the Scripting Wife...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I came across this blog and it has since become a staple of mine. Now, I need to know how to accomplish something more than was originally presented in your article, Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Italicize Specific Words in a Microsoft...

Hey, Scripting Guy! A few months ago, you wrote a really cool Hey, Scripting Guy! post, How Can I Retrieve the Custom Properties of a Microsoft Word Document . The post illustrated how to use Windows PowerShell to read the custom properties from Microsoft...

Hey Scripting Guy! Our previous network administrator was a slouch. He did not maintain proper backups, never reviewed event logs, and never cleaned up user folders when he deleted users in Active Directory. This last omission is particularly egregious...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I love getting up early on Saturday morning and spending an hour or so on breakfast. I boil a pot of fresh spring water, carefully pour it into my large ceramic teapot, measure out English Breakfast tea leaves,...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a Windows Server 2003 computer that I need to monitor for reboots. This may sound rather strange, but this server is more of a workstation, and we have a user mode application that runs under an actual user account. Therefore...

Good morning. The Scripting Wife here. The Microsoft Scripting Guy claims he is working. I am not sure how he can do that with his Zune blasting the Rolling Stones. I swear the FCC is going to come break down our front door one of these days and charge...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be notified when I plug in a USB drive into my computer. I have some cool ideas for using that, but I do not know how to detect when a USB drive is plugged in. I know I can run a script that loops through looking for...

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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a user in our finance department that asked me today about using a Windows PowerShell script to identify Microsoft Excel workbooks that have links inside them to other Microsoft Excel workbooks. Frankly, I am not exactly sure...

About the author : Susan Hill writes content for Virtual Machine Manager. While her early influences include Kernighan and Ritchie, more recently she’s broadened her skills under the Windows PowerShell movement. She aspires to be the Gauguin of Windows...

This week we will be following the Scripting Wife as she pushes ahead with her preparations for the 2010 Scripting Games . You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive . Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I was working...

This week we are following the Scripting Wife as she pushes ahead with her preparations for the 2010 Scripting Games . You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive . Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The wind is...

This week we are following the Scripting Wife as she pushes ahead with her preparations for the 2010 Scripting Games . You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive . Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I woke up this...

This week we are following the Scripting Wife as she pushes ahead with her preparations for the 2010 Scripting Games . You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive . Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I lean back...

This week we are following the Scripting Wife as she pushes ahead with her preparations for the 2010 Scripting Games . You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive . It is the weekend. In two days, the 2010 Scripting...

This week we are following the Scripting Wife as she pushes ahead with her preparations for the 2010 Scripting Games . You can catch up with her progress by reviewing the articles in the archive . Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is a quiet...

Big news! Our friends from Tech·Ed 2010 North America have donated two full conference passes to give away as part of the 2010 Scripting Games. (This does not include travel costs or other expenses.) Woohoo! Keep in mind that each pass is worth more than...

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PowerGadgets puts powerful IT monitoring on your desktop and in Windows 7 Gadgets and Vista Sidebar. IT professionals can now create gadgets that consume data from WMI, Exchange, SQL, and even the Windows Registry. And PowerGadgets doesn't require any...