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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches how to use a Windows PowerShell module to simplify your profile. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem and I hope you can provide some answers. My Windows PowerShell profile is, I guess, a bit excessive. I have a function that customizes my Windows...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use a central file to simplify configuring your Windows PowerShell profile. Hey, Scripting Guy! So can you tell me without all the chatter, what is the best way to create a single Windows PowerShell profile? I don’t want to hear about...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses some of the decision points between using one or multiple Windows PowerShell profiles. Hey, Scripting Guy! OK, so I understand that there are different types of Windows PowerShell profiles (I liked your blog yesterday by the way). But you failed...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses the six different Windows PowerShell profiles, and when to use each. Hey, Scripting Guy! Dude, I have been reading some of the posts in your most excellent blog; and first of all, I want to say I think you are great. Now for the question: I do...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about sources of Windows PowerShell documentation. Hey, Scripting Guy! I like Windows PowerShell, but it does not seem to come with any documentation. What is up with this? It seems that Microsoft makes this great product, and then they did not produce...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell Get-Command cmdlet to discover information about parameter sets. Hey, Scripting Guy! One thing I don’t understand is parameter sets. I have heard about them, but I do not really find a good source of documentation...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Get-Command cmdlet in Windows PowerShell to find various commands. Hey, Scripting Guy! It all seems so easy for you. You want to find something by using Windows PowerShell and ba-da-bing, it is there. But for those of us who have not...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, looks at Windows PowerShell naming conventions to simplify learning Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a feeling that I am quickly falling behind the Windows PowerShell wave. I am an Exchange Server admin where I work, and we are planning our...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, answers the question about how to continue with the spirit of the Scripting Games. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I know it is the weekend, at least in Charlotte, North Carolina in the southern portion of the United States. But hey, I have...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows to use the PowerShell registry provider to easily modify registry property values. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is finally the weekend. It seems like it has been a rather long week. Of course, each week is only 168 hours long,...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to enumerate all the properties and their values under a registry key. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question. It seems that getting the property values under a registry key is a tedious process. It looks like I need...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create new registry keys on remote systems by using remoting. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to create registry keys on a number of remote servers. I do not want to use the Registry Editor to do this because the servers all have the firewall enabled, and...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to create new registry keys on local and remote computers. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am often required to create new registry keys on our computers. One of the reasons for this is for occasional system configuration. You...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to back up system state prior to making changes to the registry. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in using Windows PowerShell to work with the registry, but everything I see talks about backing up the registry first. Is it possible to use Windows PowerShell...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell registry provider to simplify access to registry keys and properties. Hey, Scripting Guy! I know that I am not supposed to mess around with the Registry on my computer, but the simple fact is that many times there...

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 : Learn how to display easily consumed information about system services by using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am still having trouble working with the Out-GridView cmdlet. I sort of understood what you were talking about yesterday, but when I tried it, all I got was errors. What...

Summary : Learn how to use a simple Windows PowerShell cmdlet to search event logs for errors. Hey, Scripting Guy! I was at a recent SQL Saturday event , and there was a person there (unfortunately, I do not remember his name) who was talking about Windows PowerShell. In his talk, he showed something...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about handling output to the Windows PowerShell console while using the pipeline. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I are enjoying Virginia Beach. We have met some really cool and smart people here at the Mark Minasi...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses several different ways to handle string output from inside Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is official—the 2012 Scripting Games are finally over (actually they were over yesterday, and I promised not...

Summary : The Scripting Wife sees why it is important for IT Pros to learn about Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Morning comes early, especially when it is still morning. Today is the Charlotte IT Pro Appreciation Day conference in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to discover the Active Directory FSMO role holders Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The day has arrived—it is PowerShell Saturday in Columbus, Ohio! Wes Stahler, the Scripting Wife, Ashley McGlone,...

Summary : Learn how to keep your Windows PowerShell versions straight, and avoid errors while using a one-line command to add computers to domain. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Earlier this week I wrote Use PowerShell to Replace netdom Commands to Join the Domain . It turned out to...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to copy a script collection to a shared network drive. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it is Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. Today is a cardio day. I spend the day running...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows the easy way to use Windows PowerShell to work with the paths to special folders. Hey, Scripting Guy! I notice that in lots of your sample scripts, you often use a folder named FSO, and it appears off of your C: drive. Why do you do this? Is creating...