May, 2010

( Note : These solutions were written for Advanced Event 2 of the 2010 Scripting Games .) Advanced Event 2 (Windows PowerShell and VBScript) Richard Siddaway, Windows PowerShell MVP Richard Siddaway is technical architect for Serco in...

Did you participate in the 2010 Scripting Games? And if so, were you looking for a badge you can publish on your blog, website, or other web property? You've come to the right place! Copy the code below and paste it into your own blog! (The badge is...

( Note : These solutions were written for Beginner Event 1 of the 2010 Scripting Games .) Beginner Event 1 (Windows PowerShell) Steven Murawski, Community Director—PowerShellCommunity.org http://blog.usepowershell.com...

( Note : These solutions were written for Advanced Event 1 of the 2010 Scripting Games .) Advanced Event 1 (Windows PowerShell) Kirk Munro, the world's first self-proclaimed Poshoholic , is a Microsoft MVP and Windows PowerShell Solutions Architect...

Over the next week, the MSDN and TechNet blogs are being migrated to a new version of the blogging platform. During this period commenting will be disabled on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog . Note that after the blog is migrated, it may have a slightly...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, I finally had time to do something I have been wanting to do for a long time: I played around with Microsoft Security Essentials (the free downloadable anti-malware program from Microsoft). When I say “played...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. With the 2010 Scripting Games over, I have a bit of extra time on the weekends. I was catching up on reading some of my favorite blogs, such as the WMI team blog , when I ran across a post that reminded me of a...

In this post : How Can I Use the Ver Command in Windows PowerShell? What Do These Numbers Mean That Are Returned by This WMI Class? How Can I Change the Color of Text Displayed in the Windows PowerShell Console? How Can I Get the User Name...

The following is the final list of prize winners, these from Days 8, 9, and 10 of the 2010 Scripting Games. We will contact you soon to get your physical mailing address or (if you won a software license) to send you the information you'll need to download...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a sales person, and therefore not a professional IT person. I live and die on my ability to use Microsoft PowerPoint. I therefore stumbled across your Web site while searching for solutions to a problem I have. Let me briefly...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been enjoying reading your Microsoft PowerPoint articles this week. I am curious however; can you use Windows PowerShell to add a slide to an existing presentation? I have searched on the Internet and can’t find an example of...

This is a snapshot of the ratings of those participants who have submitted scripts through Days 11 and 12. The ratings are as of 12:01 A.M. on Wednesday, May 12. Note that these ratings can continue to change as the 2010 Scripting Games go on. Anonymous...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have received our summer student interns, and I asked them to create some Microsoft PowerPoint presentations for me. Unfortunately, the theme they used was not something I can use in the business world. I hate to have the students...

This is a snapshot of the ratings of those participants who have submitted scripts through Days, 8, 9, 10, and the weekend. The ratings are as of 12:01 A.M. on Monday, May 10. Note that these ratings can continue to change as the 2010 Scripting Games...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been a longtime reader of your Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog, but this is the first time I have ever written to you. I am wondering why there are not more articles about scripting Microsoft PowerPoint. I need to be able to print...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here, yesterday I wrote a script that configured my domain controller with an external time source. After doing that, I thought it would be a good idea to have the ability to enable and disable diagnostic logging for...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I finally had a chance to sit down and catch my breath from the 2010 Scripting Games. I reviewed some awesome scripts, and learned many new tricks. I happened to notice that my desktop computer clock was about five...

Yes, we know, we just revealed the last event of the 20 10 Scripting Games today, and here we are already announcing the tentative dates for the 2011 Scripting Games. You'd think we like doing this or something. :) Ready? The tentative-but-looking...

Today’s Beginner Event 10 was really easy. It was troubleshooting. I have gotten pretty good at troubleshooting these last few weeks because I have a hard time making my scripts run correctly the first time. It seems that I write code, click Run...

Note : We are no longer accepting entries for this event. See the due dates page for a list of all event due dates. About This Event Division Advanced Date of Event May 7, 2010 ...

Note : We are no longer accepting entries for this event. See the due dates page for a list of all event due dates. About This Event Division Beginner Date of Event May 7, 2010 ...

Today the Scripting Guys revealed Event 9, which is the next-to-last event of the 2010 Scripting Games. We still have tomorrow and next week to submit our scripts for Events 5-10 though! I was beginning to dread today because the events have been getting...

Note : We are no longer accepting entries for this event. See the due dates page for a list of all event due dates. About This Event Division Advanced Date of Event May 6, 2010 ...

Note : We are no longer accepting entries for this event. See the due dates page for a list of all event due dates. About This Event Division Beginner Date of Event May 6, 2010 ...

The following is the list of prize winners from Day 7 of the 2010 Scripting Games. We will contact you after the Games are over to get your physical mailing address or (if you won a software license) to send you the information you'll need to download...