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December 31, 2009Dec 31, 200912/31/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! We are having problems with several of our servers at work. Several of them were upgraded from Windows NT 4, and as a result, we are constantly running into disk space issues on the C: drive.
December 30, 2009Dec 30, 200912/30/09
Hey Scripting Guy! One of the things that I hate about Microsoft Word is the custom properties that can be set on a document. Ok, well maybe I do not actually hate the custom properties. In fact, I would love to love them.
December 29, 2009Dec 29, 200912/29/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to find a Windows PowerShell script that will list all the properties of a Microsoft Word document. I am not talking about the size and the date of the document; those are file properties.
December 28, 2009Dec 28, 200912/28/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I do not know about you, but I hate having to italicize certain words. Actually, I hate italicizing all words because I do not like removing my hands from the keyboard, grabbing the mouse, and then searching for where the text formatting menus have moved in Office 2007.
December 25, 2009Dec 25, 200912/25/09In this post:
How Can I Get a List of All Drivers Available to a Computer?
Can I Query IIS Via WMI?
Tell Me More About Querying WMI Objects
Tell Me More About the WMI Shadow Copy Class
Troubleshooting an HTA Script
How Can I Deploy a Windows Service Pack and Ignore Those Computers That Already Have It?
December 24, 2009Dec 24, 200912/24/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a function that I would like to modify to accept multiple inputs. I have seen examples of a function that uses a single input parameter, but I have not found a Windows PowerShell function that uses two inputs.
December 23, 2009Dec 23, 200912/23/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! You have been talking about writing functions and using functions all week. To me it seems like a lot of extra work to create a function. Do I have to write functions? Or can I just write my code in a script like I used to do with VBScript?
December 22, 2009Dec 22, 200912/22/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoyed reading yesterday’s blog post about working with functions. I was really interested when you were talking about using “real names” for my functions. You did not say too much about why I should do that,
December 21, 2009Dec 21, 200912/21/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am confused about using functions in Windows PowerShell 2.0. I was also confused about using functions in Windows PowerShell 1.0. Are they like functions in VBScript, or are they something different? In addition, I have tried to create a subroutine in Windows PowerShell,
December 18, 2009Dec 18, 200912/18/09In this post:
Help Me Make This Code Work!
How Can I Copy a Folder from One Computer to Many Other Computers?
Addressing Some Unexpected VBScript While…Wend Behavior
Can I Display My Hard Drive’s Temperature?
Help Me Make This Code Work!
