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Hey, Scripting Guy! Famous Last Words

What did famous Greek philosopher Socrates have to say about XML files? Fi nd out as the Scripting Guys revisit the topic of querying an XML file. This time, the XML file is structured so that rather than using child nodes, additional property values Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:32 AM by sharont | 0 Comments
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Hey, Scripting Guy!: Stay Connected with Your Toaster

As the Scripting Guy notes, t he old phrase "you can run but you can't hide" was never more true than it is today— when even your toaster can be Internet-enabled. But disconnection happens, and then what do you do? We—or rather the scripting Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:03 PM by sharont | 1 Comments
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Hey, Scripting Guy!: Taking the Express Route

With Windows Vista, t he UserAccounts.CommonDialog ActiveX control for opening a file open dialog box no longer exists. Here's a look at how you can solve   that problem using Visual Basic. No, wait. Don't run off saying "I don't have that!" Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:19 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

Hey, Scripting Guy! The Adrenaline Rush

It's not often you see the terms pure adrenaline rush and system administration scripting in the same sentence, but here’s your chance . The Scripting Guys discuss the rush of scripting and show you how the new boot configuration data store in Windows Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

July 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine available online

The July 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. FEATURE ARTICLES In the July issue, we provide guidance on Going Live with IIS 7.0 , giving advice on how you can test, stage, and migrate your Web apps. We also have an article that shows Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:00 AM by matt_graven | 2 Comments

Hey, Scripting Guy! Not-So-Hard Work Has Its Rewards, Too

Writing a script that outpu ts data in tabular format is using VBScript is just plain hard, not to mention lots of work. But in this month’s column, the Scripting Guys show you how to do it   with minimal effort using Microsoft.CmdLib object. (This Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments
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Hey, Scripting Guy! Raising Eyebrows on Regular Expressions

The Microsoft Scripting Guys visit the Louvre, take up art criticism, and follow up on a previous column that showed how to use regular exp ressions in a script to do a search. As the Scripting Guys are the first to admit, search alone is not enough. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Hey, Scripting Guy! Our Favorite Shell Games

There's a good chance that, sooner or later, someone will ask you to write a system administration script that uses the Shell objec t. What exactly can you do with the Shell object ? As it turns out, there are a lot of cool things you can do with the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments
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Hey, Scripting Guy!: The Games Are Afoot! Oh, and Some XML, Too

Exactly one year ago, the Microsoft Scripting Guys published a column that explained how you could use a script to read an XML file. What that column didn't tell you was how you could use a script to create, write, and modify an XML file. This month, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments
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Hey, Scripting Guy! There's No Mistaking Regular Expressions

Have regular expressions always seemed too arcane to delve into? If so, you’ll want to delve into the January column from The Microsoft Scripting Guys, which makes understanding regular expressions lots easier. The Guys poke at Microsoft Bob a bit, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Hey, Scripting Guy! The Return of WinRM

Tune in to the next episode of scripting WinRM—the intriguing new technology that promises to make remote management of your computers much easier. As Part 2 proves, working with the raw XML data returned by WinRM is not nearly as daunting as you Read More...
Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 1 Comments
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Writing regular expressions with Windows PowerShell

While we intuitively recognize character patterns within a string like IP addresses, dates, UNC paths, and zip codes, computers have to work a bit harder in order to "understand" complicated formats like these. That's where regular expressions come into Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments

Software Update Management and other October unfinished business

Looks like the November 2007 of TechNet Magazine issue got going online before I finished telling you about the October issue , so let's be sure to give the remaining articles and columns their due... Software Updates Management Tools The next release Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments

Windows PowerShell: Working without a Script

Are you waiting to learn Windows PowerShell because you just don't have time to learn scripting right now? You may be surprised to learn that you can do some truly amazing things using Windows PowerShell without writing a lick of code. In the October Read More...
Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 10:00 AM by tdorsey | 0 Comments

Hey Scripting Guy! We've got a puzzle for you!

Yeah, I know. We just got the October issue of TechNet Magazine online last week, and I've barely started blogging about that issue. But the November installment of Hey, Scripting Guy! has a cool new feature I thought you'd like to see. Starting in November, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:28 AM by tdorsey | 1 Comments
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