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Summary : Learn how to simplify your Windows PowerShell Script by using parameter validation attribute. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I thought I would ask Glenn Sizemore to write today’s blog about parameter validation attributes. Glenn Sizemore is...

Summary : Learn how to use error handling in your Windows PowerShell scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Guest Blogger Week continues with Bhargav Shukla. Bhargav Shukla is a senior premier field engineer—unified communications, with his primary focus on the Exchange...

Summary : The winner of the beginner division of the 2011 Scripting Games shares his thoughts and insights. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we will have a combination of guest bloggers and me with a recap of the 2011 Scripting Games. Today we have Klaus Schulte...

Summary: Learn how to handle errors in Windows PowerShell and how to export user information from Microsoft Active Directory to a CSV file. In this post: Exporting Active Directory Users to CSV Adding Comments to a Script File Error Handling in Windows PowerShell Exporting...

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to Query Active Directory for computers and then run WMI commands on the remote machines. The Scripting Guys show you how.   Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a major problem at my company. We have a standard corporate desktop we are deploying by using the Windows Deployment...

Summary : Query Active Directory and ping each computer in the domain by using Windows PowerShell. The Scripting Guys show you how. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am THE IT person at my company. I am also a chemical engineer who has daily production responsibilities in our process plant. You see, I am...

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...

Hey, Scripting Guy! One thing I miss in Windows PowerShell is the ability to use a Try/Catch/Finally block that I can use in C#. To me it is an elegant solution to error handling. You attempt something, catch any resulting errors, and clean up the mess you made. Are there any plans in Windows PowerShell...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Ignoring errors or bubbling up errors to the user of a script seems a bit inefficient. I mean, wouldn’t it be better to avoid the errors in the first place? I am only a beginner when it comes to writing scripts, and maybe I just do not get it, but why can’t you just write code that...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoyed reading your blog post yesterday about using $ErrorActionPreference to control the behavior of a script. One thing I never liked about using “On Error Resume Next” from VBScript was that it seemed to be an all-or-nothing type of proposition. There are certain errors I do...

Hey, Scripting Guy! One thing I liked about using VBScript is that I could add On Error Resume Next to the top of a script, and all my problems with the script went away. It was like magic, and I used it to fix many of my scripts. I really miss this capability in Windows PowerShell. -- MW Hello...