Clik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Use WMI with Windows PowerShell to Query More...
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been trying to get on the Windows PowerShell bandwagon as I feel it is essential to my career as a network administrator who works in the Windows world. At first, it seemed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Use WMI with Windows PowerShell to Return...
Hey Scripting Guy! I have been playing with WMI on Windows PowerShell, and I think the Get-WmiObject cmdlet is pretty cool. It makes it easy to query for information from computers on my network. But...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Can Windows PowerShell Call WMI Methods?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have seen a number of methods listed for WMI classes on MSDN, but when I try to use them in Windows PowerShell, they do not work. I am wondering what the secret is to making...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Where Can I Find a List of All the Things I Can Do with...
Hey, Scripting Guy! Using the Get-Member cmdlet with Windows PowerShell is pretty cool, but the one thing I do not like is the way that Windows PowerShell hides stuff from me. When I look in MSDN for...
View ArticleCheck Out Our New Script Gallery!
Great news: The TechNet Script Center Gallery launched Thursday afternoon, August 13! What’s new? · You can now submit your own scripts on the site. Click Upload on the right side of the Script...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ode to Our New Script Gallery
(This post was initially made on the Microsoft Press Blog.) Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. At long last we have a real Script Gallery for the Script Center. This was a project that was in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I List the Program Identifiers That Are on My Computer?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am looking for a script that will list program identifiers on my computer. Have one of those? — CG Hello CG, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is interesting you ask...
View ArticleDeveloping a Script Taxonomy
(Note: This post by Ed Wilson originally appeared on the Microsoft Press Blog.) As we have been busy at the TechNet Script Center with our migration to the blog and bringing the Script Gallery online,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Can You Translate This VBScript to Windows PowerShell?
Hey Scripting Guy! I am wondering about something. I was looking on the Script Center Script Gallery, and I came across a pretty cool script that lists items that are in the user’s profile. It is in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Read a Text File and Use It to Query Servers?
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Figure Out Which Version of Microsoft Office...
Hey Scripting Guy! We are currently beta testing Microsoft Office 2010. It is awesome by the way, and I need to figure out what version of Word we have installed on our computers. I know there are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Create a GUI for a Windows PowerShell Script?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I know this may sound like a strange question, but I would like to create a graphical user interface for a Windows PowerShell script. I could do these kinds of things using a HTML...
View ArticleWhen a Book Is Finished…
(Note: This post by Ed Wilson originally appeared on the Microsoft Press Blog.) I finished writing my Windows PowerShell Best Practices book for Microsoft Press. I do not have all of the statistics...
View Article
