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November 2009 - Page 4 of 4 - Scripting Blog

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Format a Portable Drive When It Is Inserted Into a Computer?

November 4, 2009 Nov 4, 2009 11/4/09
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I work with portable USB drives all the time. These are used for backup purposes, for temporary storage, for Sneakernet, and as a means to work with extremely large files that I do not want cluttering up the small hard disk drive on my corporate standard desktop. The problem is that I now have more than a dozen ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Be Informed When a Portable Drive Is Added by My Computer?

November 3, 2009 Nov 3, 2009 11/3/09
ScriptingGuy1
  Hey, Scripting Guy! I would love to be able to write a Windows PowerShell script that will inform me when a portable drive is added to my computer. Do you have ideas you could suggest? -- RC Hello RC, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well it has already been a rather interesting week. I bought a new computer and loaded ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Write an Event-Driven Script?

November 2, 2009 Nov 2, 2009 11/2/09
ScriptingGuy1
  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem at work. It is not with the pointy-headed boss, but I believe the problem is probably related to him anyway. There is this application that runs on a workstation in our computer room. It is not a client server application, and of course the workstation is not really a server—it is ...