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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to explore Windows audio drivers. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem with one of my computers—the audio driver is causing me fits. I would like to know if I can use Windows PowerShell to explore this issue....

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using two WMI classes from the root\wmi namespace to reveal additional HID hardware information. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I returned from Europe yesterday. It is good to be home, but we will miss...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to find a wireless keyboard or mouse attached to a system. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday, we had a great time at the Windows PowerShell user group meeting at the Microsoft Office in Munich...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to rename network adapters. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I received an exciting email yesterday from Lido Paglia. As you may recall, Lido was a winner of the 2012 Scripting Games . I...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to stop network adapters on Windows 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day a customer asked me, “Is it a Microsoft requirement that all their consultants can’t be more than five...

Summary : Learn how to use the Get-NetAdapter CIM cmdlet in Windows PowerShell 3.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I must live a rather boring life—although to be honest, it does not really seem to be so boring. Or perhaps, I am just a geek. What am I talking about? I am really...

Summary : In Advanced Event 8, you are required to enable and disable network adapters. About this event Division Advanced Date of Event 4/11/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/18/2012 12:01 AM Event scenario You are...

Summary : The Scripting Wife needs to get ready for the 2012 Scripting Games, and she uses Windows PowerShell to get hardware info from her laptop. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I were in Myrtle Beach , where I was working on the Scripting Games over the weekend...

Summary : Microsoft MVP, Richard Siddaway, solves 2011 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games Advanced Event 5 and gets information prior to a Windows upgrade. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Richard Siddaway is our expert commentator today. Here are Richard’s own words describing his...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use a Windows PowerShell 2.0 script to change the resolution on my desktop monitor. Is this possible? -- AS Hello AS, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here, I have been looking for a script to change my monitor resolution for years! When I used to...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell to retrieve information about my computer hardware. Specifically I am interested in the make, the model, and the speed of my CPU by using a script. Can this be done? -- DH Hello DH, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The 2010 Scripting...

In this post : How Can I Get a List of Active Directory Groups in the Local Domain and All the Users Across the Whole Forest? How Can I Gracefully Shut Down Virtual Machines Being Powered by an Uninterruptable Power Supply? Who Is Ken Meyer? How Can I Determine if the Network Connected...

In this post : How Do I Create Shortcuts in Windows PowerShell? Tell Me More About Try/Catch/Finally Blocks? Troubleshooting a VBScript Script How Can I Determine Drive Speed? Can I Use VBScript to List All Computers Encrypted with BitLocker? How Do I Create Shortcuts in Windows...

In this post : Using the Active Directory DirectoryEntry Class How Can I Run a Script Whenever a New USB Drive Is Attached to a Computer? Making a Specific Windows PowerShell 2.0 Script Work with Windows PowerShell 1.0 Can I Use VBScript to Distinguish Between Versions of Windows Server...

In this post : How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Title Bar? How Can I Create a Password Based on the User's First Name and Last Name? How Can I Bail Out a For...Next Loop When the Number 15 Is Reached? How Can I Modify an Executable File's Compatibility Check? How Can I Check for...

How Can I Pipe Over a Variable for Use in a File Name? Hey, Scripting Guy! Sorry to bother you but I have been looking for an answer to this for a few hours now. I’ve also been experimenting but have had no luck figuring it out yet. How do you get a variable to pipe over to use in a file name?...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Windows PowerShell to collect processor information, but I do not need to see the raw data. I would rather see calculated results such as the maximum, minimum, and average processor utilization. I know I can do this, but that seems like writing a lot of math...

Hey, Scripting Guy! At my office I access the corporate network by using a wired ethernet connection. However, when I come home, I have a wireless connection. Since our security guys do not allow us to have multiple network connections active at the same time, I am constantly enabling the wireless connection...

Hey, Scripting Guy! When I use WMI to query for network cards on my laptop, it comes back with 32 network cards. 32! I am not lying. My laptop does not even have 32 slots, so how does it have 32 network cards in it? How can I find information about the "real" network cards on my laptop? I figure I should...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if a computer has a SmartCard reader attached? -- TE Hey, TE. Um, we hate to be rude, TE, but we’re closed today; we only answer questions Monday through Friday. We’d be happy to help you out, but you’re going to have to come back on – what’s that? It is Monday?...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if a specific wireless network adapter is connected to the network? -- MS Hey, MS. You know, this is a sad day for the Scripting Guy who writes this column. After 10 days of eating Italian pastries, visiting the ruins of ancient cities, and flitting about Venice...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether a laptop computer is running off batteries? -- TJ Hey, TJ. Ah, yes: batteries. Back in December the Scripting House lost power for six days. Was the Scripting Guy who writes this column concerned? Of course not. After all, he was fully prepared for an emergency...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether or not a computer has a CD named MyApps in it? -- CB Hey, CB. You know, this is one of those questions that the Scripting Guys almost feel bad about answering. Why? Well, at first glance this sounds like it might be a really complicated problem to solve;...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of installed device drivers, their version number, and their date? -- SH Hey, SH. You know, as we’re writing this column the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is in full swing. But don’t worry: despite the fact that this year’s opening round...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Using a script, is there any way to determine whether a computer has any USB 2.0 ports? -- RD Hey, RD. Are you familiar with the movie Freaky Friday , where the mom and the daughter switch bodies (and roles)? Well, we have sort of a Freaky Friday kind of thing going on with this...