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Summary : Write a Windows PowerShell function to determine the status of time changes to daylight savings time. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. At the Windows PowerShell User Group meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brian Wilhite talked about a few of his scripts during the script...

Summary : Create a custom object from WMI to display processor and operating system information using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! Your script yesterday was pretty cool. However, in addition to obtaining information about the processor, I also need to know operating system is 32-bit...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily find information about Windows Update hotfixes. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem, and I am hoping that you can help me. I have been using the Get-Hotfix cmdlet, but unfortunately, it seems to miss some system updates. I desperately need...

Summary: Microsoft PFE Ben Pearce shows how to use Windows PowerShell to perform offline servicing of Virtual Disks (VHD) and Windows Imaging Format (WIM) files. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. We continue with guest blogger Weekend Scripter today by having a post written by Ben Pearce...

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a text file that contains a number of computer names. I would like to read that text file, query each computer in the list, and find out the status of a particular hotfix. If I could write the information to a text file, it would be even better. Here is the...

Hey Scripting Guy! I need to generate a list of hotfixes that are installed on my servers. I have 100 servers on the network for which I am responsible. Each of the server names is listed in a text file called servers.txt. I need a way to read the text file and then query each of the servers. Can you...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine whether or not a computer is running Windows Server 2003 and, if so, whether Service Pack 1 is installed? -- TW Hey, TW. You know, we Scripting Guys always get a kick out of questions like this. Not because there’s anything wrong with the question, mind you...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell which service packs have been installed on my computers? -- FR Hey, FR. That’s a very good question; as you know better than we do, in this day and age it’s really important to make sure all your computers have the latest service pack, the latest hot fixes, and the...