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Today we have a guest article by Ravikanth who works at Dell, Inc., as a lead engineer in the SharePoint Solutions Team. He loves automation and is a Windows PowerShell fanatic. He writes regularly on his blog about topics related to Windows PowerShell, SharePoint, and Microsoft server virtualization...

( Note : These solutions were written for Advanced Event 7 of the 2010 Scripting Games .) Advanced Event 7 (Windows PowerShell) James Brundage is a former software developer engineer in testing for Microsoft. He has been a frequent poster on the Windows PowerShell team blog , and he maintains the Media...

In this post : How Can I Use the Ver Command in Windows PowerShell? What Do These Numbers Mean That Are Returned by This WMI Class? How Can I Change the Color of Text Displayed in the Windows PowerShell Console? How Can I Get the User Name That Runs Services on Local and Remote Systems? How Can I Create...

Note : We are no longer accepting entries for this event. See the due dates page for a list of all event due dates. About This Event Division Advanced Date of Event May 4, 2010 Due Date May 11, 2010 Event Scenario You have been tasked to create a graphical tool that will display the following information...

About the author : Doug Finke is a Microsoft PowerShell MVP working for Lab49 , a company that builds advanced applications for the financial service industry. Over the last 20 years, Doug has been a developer and author working with numerous technologies. You can catch up with Doug on his blog . The...

About the author: Ravikanth works at Dell, Inc., as a lead engineer in the Microsoft SharePoint solutions team. He loves automation and is a Windows PowerShell fanatic. He writes regularly on his blog about topics related to Windows PowerShell, SharePoint, and Microsoft server virtualization. He is also...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I had this idea. I would like to have a Windows Form that had a list of computer names in it. I would then like to be able to select one of the computers, and run a WMI query against it. My idea is that I could give the Windows Form to the Help Desk, and I would not need to tell them...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I liked your article about creating a list box with Windows PowerShell, but to be honest, that is of limited use to me because I often need to work with different servers. I would like to be able to load a text file and have it populate the list box. Is that too hard to do? -- RR...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if it would be possible to have a box that included several items in it. I would then like to be able to choose an item from that box and use it elsewhere in the script. I know it can be done, because I see it in Windows programs all the time. I just am not sure what...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have really been enjoying reading your Weekend Scripter series. It seems like you guys really love scripting. I especially enjoyed the graphical trip cost calculator Ed wrote for the Scripting Wife. My only problem with the article is that it was a bit quick, and I have never used...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. When I showed the Scripting Wife the Get-FuelCostFunction.ps1 script from yesterday , she was less than enthused. She did not like the idea of opening up either the Windows PowerShell ISE or the Windows PowerShell Command Prompt window. She wanted a graphical interface...

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to display a calendar so that I can pick starting dates and ending dates by using a graphical tool. This is much easier and faster than having to type two dates into the command line, and it is more accurate as well. Besides, when I am choosing dates...

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! I hate typing dates. There are several ways of typing dates, and they are all a pain. I do not like having to type the numbers and the whacks, and I do not like having to spell out month names, or attempting to remember if it is month first or day first. I like scripting...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a faithful reader of the Hey, Scripting Guy! articles and have been a Dr. Scripto fan for years. I love your new TechNet Script Center Gallery too by the way. It is much easier to use and to locate scripts than what you had before. I had no idea you had so many scripts up there...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I know this may sound like a strange question, but I would like to create a graphical user interface for a Windows PowerShell script. I could do these kinds of things using a HTML Application (HTA) file, but I like writing Windows PowerShell scripts. If I could use some sort of functionality...