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Summary: The Scripting Wife talks about the first event in the 2013 Winter Scripting Games warm-up events. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have a special guest. You guessed it: The Scripting Wife is with us today. If you are reading the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog for the first...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, takes some time out to play around with the Format-Wide cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I are hanging out on the beach this weekend. Because I have a long weekend (thanks to a way cool Scripting Manager...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows you how to create a custom Hyper-V Resource Metering reset report by using Windows PowerShell 3.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, I found a pretty cool Pandora app for my Windows RT Surface , and so I am listening to a cool Rolling...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to query Active Directory for computers, ping for status, and display in green/red. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. While the Scripting Wife and I were out in California speaking to the Microsoft Premier Field Engineers (PFE) about Windows PowerShell...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily convert decimal to binary and back, and simplify custom subnet mask calculations. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today is 63. Yep, that is right, today is 63. That is what you get when you see 11 11 11 represented as binary. This appears...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to pause a script and wait for another process to exit before continuing. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am attempting to use Windows PowerShell to shut down an application, but the application is rather complicated. I need to stop one process, and wait for...

Summary : Learn how to create custom objects in your Windows PowerShell script to maximize utility and reusability of your script. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have Steven Murawski as our guest blogger. Steven will tell us a little about himself then go on to talk about objects...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, discusses writing output from Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we will be joined by Marco Shaw. Marco is a consultant with CGI in Moncton. He has been working in the IT industry for over 12 years, also working...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to create custom column headings for the Windows PowerShell Out-GridView cmdlet. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is a typical weekend for me. I am up early, sipping a cup of English Breakfast tea , and watching a pot of Irish...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to discover what files are using up all the disk space on your computer. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I do not know about you, but it seems as if there is a disk space-eating gremlin on my computer. One day I have several...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create an HTML report of Exchange 2010 databases by using conditional formatting and thresholds. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to learn how to produce reports on my Exchange 2010 databases. Is this something that I can do by using Windows PowerShell...

Summary : Learn how to sort data before you send it to the Windows PowerShell Out-GridView cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson here. The weekend has finally arrived, following on the heels of a rather hectic week. I decided to download and install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to filter output by using the Windows PowerShell Out-Gridview cmdlet. I am happily anticipating this weekend in Seattle. I leave for Seattle tomorrow evening. I will be participating in a portion of the MVP summit. In addition, I will be teaching a Windows PowerShell...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to view and to sort data by using the Out-GridView Windows PowerShell cmdlet. I just finished with a fun conference call with a colleague in which we were talking about how to best work with the community. Originally scheduled as a 30-minute meeting, the phone...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to format Windows PowerShell output with the easy-to-use Format-Table cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I wonder how you might describe the perfect day? For me, it consists of receiving feedback via the scripter@microsoft.com email alias or on...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to use the Format-Wide cmdlet in Windows PowerShell. I imagine winter has nearly departed Charlotte, North Carolina and that spring will arrive soon. Yesterday, besides being rather long, turned out to be gorgeous outside—at least so it appeared from the...

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns from the Microsoft Scripting Guy about formatting Windows PowerShell output with Format-List . It is a Monday morning much like any one of hundreds of previous Mondays. The celestial orb has yet to make an appearance today, but to be fair; I have not given it much...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to get a weather forecast from inside the Windows PowerShell ISE. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is amazing how quickly things change on the Internet. A couple of years ago I found a website that hosted several...

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 is cool with a hint of humidity . I hang on to my...

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 United States. The wife (who also scripts) and I...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows you how to use Group Policy to enable reliability tracing via Windows PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. Hey, Scripting Guy! First of all, let me say that yesterday’s article was interesting. We are also looking at attempting to determine...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It has been a great week with some excellent guest bloggers. It is not that I took the week off; rather, I have spent the week working on some special projects I wanted to complete. The great thing about working with guest bloggers is that I get to tap into world...

Summary : Modify the Windows PowerShell console title and display a rabbit at random locations. The Microsoft Scripting Guys have fun. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I love Microsoft Outlook 2010. United States FTC disclaimer: The Microsoft Scripting Guys work for the Microsoft Corporation...

Summary : Create a transcript of commands from the Windows PowerShell ISE in this Microsoft Scripting Guys how-to article. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I enjoy about using the Windows PowerShell console is the transcript feature. When I am playing around on the Windows...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to create a formatted report from data stored in XML files. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is still dark outside, and the lights of the neighborhood are slowly beginning to come on. It is really humid this morning. I am sitting at the kitchen table with...