October, 2010

Summary: Learn how to draw a cat on a fence watching a yellow moon by using Windows PowerShell Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is seven in the morning yet it seems like it could be four in the morning. It is dark outside, and the room...

Summary: Learn how to troubleshoot issues with the WMI Reliability provider when querying with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I very frequently use Saturday mornings for catching up on things such as email. I received...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson answers several questions that will improve your productivity with Windows PowerShell. In this post : Counting Items in an Array, Message Boxes and PowerShell Formatting Using Scheduled Tasks with...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson teaches how to use .NET Framework string methods from within Windows PowerShell, Hey, Scripting Guy! There are many things I need to do with strings and with text files that do not seem to be supported...

Summary: Learn how to use .NET Framework classes to work with strings in Windows PowerShell in this Scripting Guys how-to post. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been writing VBScript code for years. One thing I really liked about VBScript was the large...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use .NET Framework commands inside Windows PowerShell Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand that Windows PowerShell is built upon the .NET Framework. I also get the idea that some of the Windows...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy teaches you how to use .NET Framework classes to explore the Windows PowerShell process in this beginner how-to post Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to first tell you that I appreciate all the hard work you do. I find...

Summary: Learn how to use a free Windows PowerShell module to ease administration of Windows DNS. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have been talking to Chris Dent for several months now, and I finally convinced him to write a guest blog...

Summary: Learn how to display output as moving text by using Windows PowerShell and easy to use techniques. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. After a long, hot and oppressive summer, Fall has descended upon Charlotte, North Carolina in the...

Summary: Interact with websites from Windows PowerShell with this how-to post that wraps .NET Framework classes. Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to download files and things from the Internet via Windows PowerShell. Is there an easy...

Summary: Learn how to correctly package .NET Framework classes into reusable Windows PowerShell advanced functions in this step-by-step solution. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been exploring the Microsoft .NET Framework on MSDN and attempting to convert...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to combine multiple commands into new custom functions and simplify your scripting. Hey, Scripting Guy! I do a lot of work from the Windows PowerShell command line. In fact, I write very few scripts...

Summary : Learn how to automatically create custom Windows PowerShell functions by using a free tool that writes your code for you. Hey, Scripting Guy! I wish there was a good way to modify Windows PowerShell commands. I can modify the names...

Summary : Use the Windows PowerShell 2.0 splatting technique to simplify your scripts. This step-by-step article provides the details. Hey, Scripting Guy! I hope this is not a dumb question; I am a little hesitant to even ask, but something has...

Summary : Guest Blogger Oliver Lipkau shows us how to create exact copies of Active Directory security groups in a new forest. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. We have a guest blogger today: Oliver Lipkau. Here is Oliver’s scripting...

Summary : How do I use snap-ins with the Windows PowerShell 2.0 cmdlet, Add-Module ? What are the benefits of using this method over Add-PSSnapin ? Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am on holiday and am speaking at SQL Saturday #49 today...

Summary : The Windows PowerShell community offers many enjoyable learning opportunities. Guest blogger Tome Tanasovski explains how this works, and how to become involved. Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get involved in the Windows PowerShell community...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory cmdlets to update user objects in Active Directory. Hey, Scripting Guy! Watching you write a custom function to search Active Directory is about as much fun as watching paint...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search Microsoft Active Directory for users that have missing values, and automatically add default values. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have several network administrators where I work. Unfortunately...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to translate a user's SID to an Active Directory Domain Services account name. Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that whenever I search for Windows PowerShell scripts to...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell and WMI to translate a SID to a user name, or a user name to a SID.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I do a lot of work with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and quite...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to compare snapshots of running processes in this step-by-step article. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The road seems to stretch on indefinitely. Parallel lines...

  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I don’t know about you, but I have thousands of music files on my computer. In fact, I have exactly 4,018 music files. I used this Windows PowerShell command to count them: PS   E:\Music>   ...

Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys show how to use Windows PowerShell to identify applications that cause Internet Explorer to crash.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am the network administrator where I work. I do mean the network administrator. I do...

Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys describe how to reuse Windows PowerShell code to simplify script writing and retrieve reliability information. Hey, Scripting Guy! I really enjoy reading your stuff. It is generally both fun and informative...