July, 2010

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to find groups in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) that are not being used. Over the years, we have had several network administrators. Some of them were good, and some had challenges...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The sounds outside seems amplified by the inky darkness that grudgingly gives way to the early morning sun. I am sitting on the front porch sipping a cup of English Breakfast Tea, munching on a freshly baked cinnamon...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use a Windows PowerShell 2.0 script to change the resolution on my desktop monitor. Is this possible? -- AS Hello AS, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here, I have been looking for a script to change...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use W indows PowerShell t o add data to an XML file. Unfortunately, there is no Add-XML cmdlet available. I thought about using the Windows PowerShell Add-Content cmdlet and trying to write my data to the file...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is time for another road trip. This time we are heading to Asheville, North Carolina for the Blue Ridge Classic Horse Show. Somewhere deep in my Scripting Guy lineage is an association with Kentucky , which is...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to use Windows PowerShell to groom a text file by deleting extra returns and line feeds it may contain? Here is the deal. I have a file that we need to download each day. This file contains updated prices for...

Summary : If a trusted website has an expired or self-signed certificate, you must ignore the error to use Windows PowerShell with the website. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Years ago I used to teach MCSE training classes and one of my...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell to identify inactive user accounts in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). I used to have a VBScript script that I would use, but I would like to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 and the new...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to be able to copy the group memberships from one computer account in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to another computer account in AD DS by using Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Active Directory cmdlets. It would be great...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What permissions do I need to have in order to use the Windows PowerShell 2.0 cmdlets that ship with SharePoint 2010? -- FJ Hello FJ, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the great things about being a Microsoft...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I are getting ready to head up to the mountains in search of a bit of cool air. Even if it is hot up there, it will still be cool because we are meeting one of my old high school friends....

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of graphics files that I need to convert to a different file format. Can I use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to convert a .bmp file to a .jpg file? -- SW Hello SW, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What can you tell me about PowerShell Community Extensions ? -- KH Hello KH, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Probably the best person to answer your question is Keith Hill, our guest blogger today. About...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to know how to use the Group Policy cmdlets in Windows PowerShell to back up and to restore Group Policy objects (GPOs), and I have heard that there are Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7 . Can you help me? -- GJ ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to connect to two Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory and make an offline copy of the GPOs using Windows PowerShell 2.0 so that I can compare the two objects. I know I can do this using the Group Policy...

Q: Hey Scripting Guy! I need to migrate a VBScript to Windows PowerShell 2.0 that I use to parse a log file for errors that occur during a specific operation. I am only interested in the errors, not the success statements. Because this log has a tendency...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Smokey Mountains are about 10 degrees cooler than Charlotte , North Carolina , is. The problem is that it was nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Charlotte. Anyway, getting to spend some time with my old high school...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to integrate VBScript scripts into my Windows PowerShell code. I also have some batch files I wish I could use with Windows PowerShell. I do not want to have to rewrite code that works perfectly fine. Is this...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been using AuditPol.exe to verify the audit policy that is configured on our network. The problem is that the report that is generated has a lot of text, and it is not easy to see exactly what is being audited or not. Is it...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to work with Group Policy Objects (GPOs) by using a Windows PowerShell script. I understand there are new Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7, but when I use the Get-Command cmdlet, I do not see any cmdlets. Is this a Release...

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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to write double quotation marks to a text file using Windows PowerShell . I know that in VBScript it was really annoying to do this because the quotation marks ended up getting confused with the quotation mark that...

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Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is a beautiful Saturday morning here in Charlotte, North Carolina , in the United States. The sky is dark blue and there are few if any clouds visible. It almost makes one dizzy while standing in the front yard...