January, 2011

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to simplify collecting performance information from your servers. Hey, Scripting Guy! We are having performance problems with several of our servers. It is really strange, because if you were to look...

Summary : Learn how to provide progress for your Windows PowerShell script using a simple cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have spent much of the weekend working on games for the 2011 Scripting Games. I am almost ready to make an...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows you how to add a progress bar to your script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I was sitting in the kitchen reflecting on how much nicer things are nowadays than they used to be even a few...

Summary : Learn how to install Windows PowerShell 2.0 on Windows XP, and how to distribute files between two folders.   In this Post: Where Can I Download Windows PowerShell 2.0 for Windows XP? How to Distribute Files Between Folders   Where...

  Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to toggle file attributes such as the archive bit. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of files that have had the archive bit flipped. Unfortunately, our backup program relies on the archive bit to...

  Summary : Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Set-ItemProperty to work with file attributes. Hey, Scripting Guy! I often find myself working with file attributes. Our backup program reads the archive flag, and our users are always creating...

  Summary : Simplify Windows auditing and monitoring by using Windows PowerShell to parse archived event logs for errors. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been using a scheduled job and a Windows PowerShell script to archive our event logs to .evt files...

Summary : Learn how to use the Get-WinEvent Windows PowerShell cmdlet to filter the event log prior to parsing it. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am confused. I have enjoyed using the Get-EventLog Windows PowerShell cmdlet. It is fast, and easy to use. However...

Summary : Use a custom Windows PowerShell function to simplify importing command history into the current environment. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here, well it has been a fun week. I got to thaw out in Florida after my presentation to SQL Saturday...

  Summary : Use the Export-History Windows PowerShell function to simplify saving command history. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I was thinking about when I was writing the article this week about the History cmdlets was...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to download files from the Internet and other cool tasks in today’s Quick-Hits Friday. In this Post: Working with Windows PowerShell Group Policy Cmdlets Using PowerShell to Log In to an...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson teaches how to accelerate work in the Windows PowerShell console with PSDrives. Hey, Scripting Guy! I noticed in one of your screen shots that you were running the script from a rather deeply nested path...

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell Add-History cmdlet to customize the console for more efficient automation. Hey, Scripting Guy! I love using the Windows PowerShell history cmdlets to simplify my server and workstation automation...

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell history cmdlets to speed execution of repetitive commands. Hey, Scripting Guy! I recently read that Windows PowerShell keeps a history of commands. I am not sure if this is true or not because I cannot...

Summary: Learn how to use an easy-to-use Windows PowerShell cmdlet to simplify creating hash tables. Hey, Scripting Guy! Good morning, Ed. I have been a Scripting Guy fan for years and although I have not read all the thousands of posts, I have...

Summary: Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney shows how to use the Bing web services API from inside a Windows PowerShell script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney is back with us today as he continues to share with us his discoveries while...

Summary: Increase your Windows PowerShell productivity by unleashing the power of parameter aliases. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The more I work with Windows PowerShell the more I enjoy it. On the other hand, there are still some challenges...

Summary: Learn how to use jobs to run parallel queries, remove objects from active memory, work with text files and use the Get-Member Cmdlet to go behind the scenes of PowerShell commands in this edition of Quick Hits Friday. In this Post: ...

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows Task Scheduler to run Windows PowerShell scripts that require input values. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a Windows PowerShell script that collects information from a computer and writes the results to a text file...

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows Task Scheduler to run Windows PowerShell commands automatically. Hey, Scripting Guy! One of the things that is a bit frustrating about reading the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog is that it seems as if you expect network...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell parameter validation attributes to check parameters before running the script. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem that I think that you can help me with. I have created a Windows PowerShell script that...

Summary: Use SendKeys to provide input to graphical applications with Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am almost embarrassed to admit this but you know what I miss most about VBScript? I miss the SendKeys function. I do not know why Windows...

Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft MVP, Sean Kearney, shows how to explore XML files with Windows PowerShell in this beginner how-to article. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. We have another guest blogger this weekend. Sean Kearney has...

Summary: The Data ONTAP Windows PowerShell toolkit uses the pipeline to simplify data storage management. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today we have a guest blogger, Dr. Clinton Knight, from NetApp and the Author of Data ONTAP PowerShell...

Summary: Learn how to install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7, how to detect 32-bit PowerShell, or how to read an offline registry. In this post: Install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7 Detect 32-bit PowerShell Read an Offline Registry...