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Developing a Script Taxonomy

August 24, 2009 Aug 24, 2009 08/24/09
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(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, I have been giving a lot of thought to organizing the keywords/tags that are used to provide quick links ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I List the Program Identifiers That Are on My Computer?

August 24, 2009 Aug 24, 2009 08/24/09
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 (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am looking for a script that will list program identifiers on my computer. Have one of those?-- CG(image) Hello CG, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is interesting you ask for a script that will list program identifiers on your computer. Program identifiers (PIDs) are the secret word combinations ...

Ode to Our New Script Gallery

August 21, 2009 Aug 21, 2009 08/21/09
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(This post was initially made on the Microsoft Press Blog.) (image) 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 planning stages for nearly a year. The great thing about the new Script Gallery is the way it fosters community involvement. The people...

Check Out Our New Script Gallery!

August 14, 2009 Aug 14, 2009 08/14/09
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 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 Gallery home page and follow the simple process.·  The Script Center Gallery has a dedicated search...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Where Can I Find a List of All the Things I Can Do with Windows PowerShell and WMI?

August 6, 2009 Aug 6, 2009 08/6/09
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 (image) 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 information about a WMI class, I see all of these methods listed. When I use the Get-Member  cmdlet, some of the methods are ...