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Summary : Guest blogger, Bob Stevens, shares a script to pick out comments from a Windows PowerShell script. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Bob Stevens. I made Bob’s virtual acquaintance recently when I did a Live Meeting presentation to the Twin...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, writes a Windows PowerShell function to see if a command exists before calling the command. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This Thursday, February 21, 2013, I will be on the PowerScripting Podcast . I always enjoy talking with Jon and Hal...

Summary : Windows PowerShell MVP, Doug Finke, discusses using a simple Windows PowerShell command to convert to or from JSON. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have guest blogger, Doug Finke. Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Doug Finke is the author of Windows PowerShell...

Summary : Use the Windows PowerShell environmental drive to store temporary information, and still use the Set-StrictMode cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is exactly 11 days until the 2012 Scripting Games commence. Here is how I found out that salient piece of information. ...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Set-StrictMode Windows PowerShell cmdlet to aid in detecting uninitialized variables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Charlotte, North Carolina is alive with color this morning. There is a blue jay sitting on the light...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about calling a method like a function and using Windows PowerShell strict mode to aid script development. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Believe it or not, the 2012 Scripting Games begin in less than two weeks! That is right, less...

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 talks about using Windows PowerShell to test connectivity after a network configuration change. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It seems that there are always good news/bad news types of scenarios. After months of trying to obtain faster Internet connectivity...

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, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script that he presented in his previous two blogs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script two days ago to gather Windows services information...

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 : Use Windows PowerShell to print output from commands without installing print drivers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If I have not said it recently, the Scripting Wife is cool! She is also a really good sport. Why do I say this? We are stuffed into the very back of a large...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell Get-Random cmdlet to choose a specific number of random letters. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. With the advent of the New Year, I am hard at work on the 2012 Scripting Games. This year there will be...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to pause a script and wait for another process to exit before continuing. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am attempting to use Windows PowerShell to shut down an application, but the application is rather complicated. I need to stop one process, and wait for...

Summary : Learn how to use a collection of cool Widows PowerShell tricks to simplify writing scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I am proud to announce that Microsoft's newest Windows PowerShell MVP Bartek Bielawski returns to the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Congratulations Bartek...

Summary : Guest Blogger Boe Prox shares lessons learned while writing the Windows PowerShell PoshPAIG module. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, we have part two of Boe Prox’s article about his module to audit and update Windows systems. See yesterday's blog post for information...

Summary : Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell Select-String cmdlet to easily parse WMI output. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a quick question: is it possible to parse the output of some of the WMI commands? I know they return objects, but some of the commands return sooooo much data. I would like...

Summary: James Brundage teaches how to create your own Windows PowerShell rules for ScriptCop. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, we have part two (including the conclusion) to the article begun by James Brundage yesterday. Take it away, James! Writing your own ScriptCop rules...

Summary: Learn about using the free tool called ScriptCop to help write better Windows PowerShell scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. This weekend we have a two-part series from James Brundage. Take it away, James! Getting started with ScriptCop One of the problems with a new...

Summary : Get the inside scoop on two awesome CodePlex projects: PS2EXE and RoboPowerCopy. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, we have a debut guest blogger. With us is Ingo Karstein to tell us about two of his CodePlex projects. Take it away, Ingo. This is Ingo Karstein writing...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses naming and designing advanced Windows PowerShell functions in relation to his Local User Management Module. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The cool thing about today is that it is Canada Day . This means that my boss back in Redmond is...

Summary : There are times when piling Windows PowerShell cmdlets together becomes a bit cumbersome, so instead of writing a script, consider functions. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. There are times, when I want to do things that are a bit more complicated than piecing...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about when to not write a Windows PowerShell script. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Network administrators do not script! ITPros do not like to script! I have heard statements like this for years. Yet, when I first...

Working with Ranges, Dates, and Other Cool PowerShell Tricks Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, concludes his three-part series about his top ten favorite Windows PowerShell tricks. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I got a little carried away with my top ten list of Windows...