April, 2011

Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP Tobias Weltner solves 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 4 and finds nonstandard Windows service accounts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for Beginner Event 4 is Dr. Tobias...

Wow! I am finally home. I uploaded beginner event 10 for the 2011 Scripting Games , and now I will tell you my impressions. I will admit I am exhausted. The Scripting Guy and I were at the PowerShell Deep Dive in Las Vegas for the last several days, and...

We will send you an email with the pertinent information about your prize in the next few days. Thank you for entering the 2011 Scripting Games . A special thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making these prizes possible. Please be sure to visit the...

Top Submitters from the Beginner Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings KSchulte 28.17 8 16 Jeremy Dunlop 27.58 9 ...

Top Submitters from the Advanced Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings Glenn Sizemore 26.33 8 15 Kazun 23.38 8 ...

Summary : Microsoft software development engineer, Rajesh Ravindranath, uses Windows PowerShell to solve 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 3 and query from all Windows Event Logs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for...

Summary : Windows PowerShell MVP, Kirk Munro, solves the 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 3 by getting information about event logs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Kirk Munro as our expert commentator for Beginner Event...

Top Submitters from the Beginner Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings KSchulte 28.17 8 16 Jeremy Dunlop 27.58 9 ...

Top Submitters from the Advanced Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings Glenn Sizemore 26.33 8 15 Kazun 23.38 8 ...

We will send you an email with the pertinent information about your prize in the next few days. Thank you for entering the 2011 Scripting Games . A special thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making these prizes possible. Please be sure to visit the...

We will send you an email with the pertinent information about your prize in the next few days. Thank you for entering the 2011 Scripting Games . A special thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making these prizes possible. Please be sure to visit the...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP Brandon Shell solves 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 2, and identifies Windows service dependencies. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today Brandon Shell offers his solution to the Windows PowerShell...

Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Shane Hoey, solves 2011 Scripting Games Event 2 by finding services that he can pause. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for Beginner Event 2 is Shane Hoey. This is what...

  I can tell you the absolute truth, there are a few advantages to being married to a real live script monkey who is also the Microsoft Scripting Guy. One of them is, if you like Windows PowerShell, then you get to go to lots of cool places, meet...

Top Submitters from the Beginner Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings Jeremy Dunlop 25.58 8 24 Andrew Mello 25.00 ...

Top Submitters from the Advanced Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings Glenn Sizemore 26.33 8 15 Kazun 23.38 8 ...

Summary : Guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, solves 2011 Scripting Games advanced Event 1 and finds process module versions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we start two weeks of expert commentators’ solutions for the 2011 Scripting...

Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Thomas Lee, solves 2011 Scripting Games beginner event 1 by finding private build processes. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for Beginner Event 1 is Dr. Thomas Lee. Here is...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell tokenizer to parse text and identify commands. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. There are still five days for you to submit your entries for the 2011 Scripting...

Summary : In preparation for creating a Windows PowerShell ISE add-on to automatically remove aliases, Scripting Guy Ed Wilson builds a hash table with alias definitions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It has finally happened, I unveiled...

We will send you an email with the pertinent information about your prize in the next few days. Thank you for entering the 2011 Scripting Games . A special thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making these prizes possible. Please be sure to visit the...

This is the fifth Beginner leaderboard of the 2011 Scripting Games. Keep in mind that the rankings are constantly changing throughout the day, as event submissions are graded by the different judges. All entries will continue to be graded by judges until...

This is the fifth Advanced leaderboard of the 2011 Scripting Games. Keep in mind that the rankings are constantly changing throughout the day, as event submissions are graded by the different judges. All entries will continue to be graded by judges until...

Good morning everyone … and yes I said morning. The Scripting Guy and I are up early this morning. He is busy packing, and so I thought I would hop into his office and give you my impression of beginner event 8 . Why am I up so early you may ask? Well...

Summary : Advanced Event 10 in the 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to create an advanced function to create temporary files. About this event Division Advanced Date of Event 4/15/2011 12...