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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to display Windows Update messages from specific apps in Windows 8. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out how often I am getting Windows Update messages for various apps in Windows 8. It seems like I am having to update...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find information about Windows 8 Modern App updates. Hey, Scripting Guy! I love my Windows 8 laptop, and I also love my Windows RT Surface. One of the things that is a bit annoying is that it seems every time I turn...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create and to use a new event log. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it’s the weekend, baby! At least for the Scripting Wife and me. You see, the Scripting Manager gave me today and Monday off...

Summary: Learn how to use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet to return all events from all logs related to Windows PowerShell. How can I easily find events from all the event logs—both standard and the ETW logs that are related to Windows PowerShell? Use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet and use a wild card pattern...

Summary : Guest blogger, Jason Hofferle, talks about the basics of Windows PowerShell remoting. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week I am in Seattle, Washington presenting at Microsoft TechReady 15. I have been talking to Jason for some time, and I thought that now would be a great...

Summary : Learn how to use a simple Windows PowerShell cmdlet to search event logs for errors. Hey, Scripting Guy! I was at a recent SQL Saturday event , and there was a person there (unfortunately, I do not remember his name) who was talking about Windows PowerShell. In his talk, he showed something...

Summary : In Beginner Event 9, you are required to search the event log for specific entries. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/12/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/19/2012 12:01 AM Event scenario You...

Summary : In Advanced Event 7, you are required to search all Windows logs for the most recent event. About this event Division Advanced Date of Event 4/10/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/17/2012 12:01 AM Event scenario...

Summary : In Beginner Event 7, you are required to display a list of all enabled logs on the computer that contain at least one entry. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/10/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/17/2012 12...

Summary : In Beginner Event 5, you are required to provide the source and number of errors from the application log. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/6/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/13/2012 12:01 AM ...

Summary : Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet to determine if the time zone on remote servers has been changed from the default. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about the Scripting Wife is that from time to time I can ask her if she would like to help with...

Summary: Learn how to use Event Viewer custom views in Windows PowerShell to parse event logs quickly. Hey, Scripting Guy! I love Windows 7. It absolutely rocks! One of the things I love about Windows 7, in addition to Windows PowerShell, is the new Event Viewer. I have created a custom view in...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to check disk space used by logs, and to clear those logs to reclaim space. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I found as I was researching ways to enable and to disable the ETW trace logs is that a seemingly large number of people...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to automatically enable and disable trace logs. Hey, Scripting Guy! Your articles have been right on target—they hit me where I live. I am wondering if I could actually automate some of this? Suppose I am trying to install software using WMI, and I would like...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot software installation. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am having a problem troubleshooting the installation of an MSI package. I am using Group Policy to deploy the MSI package, and on some computers, it seems to work, but on other computers it fails. After...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to parse Windows trace logs. Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to filter the results from an ETW log? —DK Hello DK, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sure there is. In Saturday’s Weekend Scripter article , I talked...

Summary : Learn how to use date types to filter event trace logs in Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering, oh great scripting master: can I use Windows PowerShell to parse an ETW log file? —JM Hello JM, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is “oh dark...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot Windows by working with ETW logs. Weekend Scripter: Troubleshooting Windows Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I do not know about you, but I enjoy troubleshooting Microsoft Windows. There is something rewarding about seeing...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot and diagnose Microsoft Outlook performance issues. Hey, Scripting Guy! I recently upgraded to Microsoft Outlook 2010, and to be honest I am rather disappointed. It seems like it takes forever to launch. I can click the Outlook icon to start...

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 today is Rajesh B. Ravindranath, who will be solving...

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 3. Kirk Munro is a four-time recipient of...

Summary : Advanced Event 3 of the 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to query class event and ETL diagnostic logs. About this event Division Advanced Date of Event 4/6/2011 12:15 AM Due Date 4/13/2011 12:15 AM ...

Summary : Beginner Event 3 of the 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to report details about classic event and ETL logs. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/6/2011 12:01 AM Due Date 4/13/2011 12:01 AM...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to filter remote event log entries in a Windows Vista computer. Hey, Scripting Guy! I thought your article yesterday was really great. It was interesting how a rather simple change could provide such a big gain in performance. The problem is that it does...

Summary : Learn how to improve the performance of a Windows PowerShell event log query. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a beginner when it comes to using Windows PowerShell, and I was inspired by your article yesterday about using Windows PowerShell to Query All Event Logs for Recent Events , and today I...