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Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Richard Siddaway, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to work with performance counters and Windows assessment. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we will not have our usual PowerTip . Instead we have excerpts from seven books from Manning...

Summary : Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell Measure-Command cmdlet to determine the performance of wildcard queries using WMI. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is the weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, and tomorrow I fly to Seattle, Washington where I speak at the Microsoft...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson demonstrates how to use the Out-GridView cmdlet with performance counter information. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question, and hopefully you will not think it is a stupid one. During the 2012 Scripting Games, one of the events had to do with using performance...

Summary : In Beginner Event 10, you are required to collect performance counter information about your CPU. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/13/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/20/2012 12:01 AM Event scenario...

Summary : In Advanced Event 10, you want to create a CSV log file of all the counters in the Processor counter set. About this event Division Advanced Date of Event 4/13/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/20/2012 12:01 AM ...

Summary : Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented earlier this week. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script three days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel...

Summary : Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented yesterday. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script yesterday to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet. Although...

Summary : Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, opens his security assessment toolbox to discuss a Windows PowerShell script he uses to look at Windows services. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu . Georges is one of my best friends, and I had a chance to...

Summary: Learn how to create and parse performance monitor logs by using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if I can use Windows PowerShell to create a performance counter log that I can use in Perfmon? —CS Hello CS, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson teaches how to use performance counter sets with Windows PowerShell to simplify profiling a system. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if there is an easier way to work with performance counters? For example, rather than having to pick out a whole bunch...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to capture performance counter information and write the saved data to a SQL Server database. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been enjoying your PoshMon articles this week, but I have found them to be of limited value. I would love to see how I could store...

Summary : Learn how to automatically import performance counters from a Perfmon chart into Windows PowerShell for ease of analysis. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have several custom Perfmon charts set up. Like many network administrators, I spent a decent amount of time setting up this chart. I would like...

Summary : Guest Blogger Kevin Kline talks about using Windows PowerShell to monitor SQL Server performance. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering about using Windows PowerShell to work with SQL performance counters. Is this something that can be done? —SH Hello SH, Microsoft Scripting...

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 : Beginner Event 10 in 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to determine the amount of time a command takes to complete. About this event Division Beginner Date of Event 4/15/2011 12:01 AM Due Date 4/22/2011 12...

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...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to export performance counter sets to simplify analysis and tuning. Hey, Scripting Guy! I think that using Windows PowerShell to parse performance counter stuff is pretty cool. However, as much as I am a command line person, there are times when I need...

Summary : Learn how to use the Import-Counter cmdlet in Windows PowerShell to parse saved performance counter log files. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have configured a series of custom performance monitor logs that run as scheduled tasks and collect monitoring information. The problem is that I never...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use Windows PowerShell to check your server’s performance. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell to collect performance information from my servers, but I also would like to parse the data after it is collected...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to simplify collecting performance information from your servers. Hey, Scripting Guy! We are having performance problems with several of our servers. It is really strange, because if you were to look at the specifications, you would think they are awesome...

Summary: Learn how to troubleshoot issues with the WMI Reliability provider when querying with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I very frequently use Saturday mornings for catching up on things such as email. I received an email from JE who was having problems querying...

Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys show how to use Windows PowerShell to identify applications that cause Internet Explorer to crash.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am the network administrator where I work. I do mean the network administrator. I do everything from server configuration and installation...