April, 2011

The 2011 Scripting Games begin on April 4, 2011, and run through April 15, 2011. The Scripting Games are the premier learning event of the year for IT pros and others who want to master Windows PowerShell. For each of 10 events, you as a registered contestant...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to shut down remote computers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is raining outside and every so often a window-shaking thunder clap erupts outside, jarring the teeth of everyone...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to unblock files that are downloaded from the Internet by using Windows PowerShell and a Sysinternals tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is two days until the 2011 Scripting Games kick off. Things...

Summary : Ed Wilson reveals the top ten mistakes that are made during week one of the Windows PowerShell 2011 Scripting Games. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It has been a really fun week, and I have completely enjoyed grading the entries...

Summary : Beginner Event 1 of the 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to identify private or public builds of software. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/4/2011 12:01 AM ...

Summary : Part three in the series about replacing Windows PowerShell aliases with full cmdlet names uses a regular expression pattern and the tokenizer. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. With the final scripts uploaded...

Top Submitters from the Advanced Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings Bartek Bielawski 39.92 10 27 Milo 39.00 10...

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 Beginner Events User Name Total Points Scripts Rated Total Ratings KSchulte 37.67 10 22 Sadie Trest 37.50 10 ...

Summary : In this Weekend Scripter blog, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses considerations for code reuse. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It has been really fun these past few weeks reviewing all of the...

Summary : Advanced Event 1 of the 2011 Scripting games entails using Windows PowerShell to find process module versions. About this event Division Advanced Date of Event 4/4/2011 12:15 AM ...

This is the first 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...

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 : 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 MVP, Sean Kearney, uses Windows PowerShell to solve 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 6 and parse the Windows update log for errors. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Sean Kearney to provide his solution...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP Shay Levy shows how to use a proxy function to easily create temporary files and solve Advanced Event 10 in the 2011 Scripting Games. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. As we wrap up the 2011 Scripting Games...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Marc van Orsouw, resizes images and removes EXIF metadata while solving 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Marc van Orsouw (MoW) is our expert commentator for Advanced...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks solves 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 5, and returns objects with desktop configuration information. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Jeffery Hicks as our expert commentator...

Summary : In this weekend scripter blog, learn how to modify the Windows PowerShell ISE so that it automatically removes aliases from a script. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. The PowerShell Deep Dive in Las Vegas, Nevada...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Doug Finke, gathers file information and writes it to a CSV file that is readable in Excel while solving 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Doug Finke is the expert commentator...

Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Tome Tanasovski, uses regular expressions to get Twitter IDs from a web page while solving Advanced Event 7 in 2011 Scripting Games. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Tome Tanasovski is the expert...

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...

Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell senior software engineer, Lee Holmes, solves 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 6 and gets Twitter IDs from a web page. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Lee Holmes as our expert commentator...

Summary : Beginner Event 2 of the 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to locate services that will accept a pause command. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/5/2011 12:01 AM ...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Arnaud Pettijean, shows how to create a function to simplify script logging while solving 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 9. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Arnaud Petitjean is our expert commentator...