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Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Hey, Scripting Guy! Tell Me About Modules in Windows PowerShell 2.0

(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been reading on Twitter and on various Web sites about Windows PowerShell 2.0 modules. However, I am not sure what a module is. Or why I would want to use one. Can you shed some light?-- MH (image) Hello MH, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I spent much of the morning in a meeting. ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create a Windows Visio Drawing of My Workstations’ Disk Subsystem?

(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to do a drawing of the disk subsystem on my workstations. We are getting ready to upgrade to Windows 7, and I want to find out which computers have drives that are more than 50 percent full. In addition, I need to know the size of the drives. If I could make a Microsoft Visio drawing ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create a Windows Visio Drawing of My Workstations' Disk Subsystem?

(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to do a drawing of the disk subsystem on my workstations. We are getting ready to upgrade to Windows 7, and I want to find out which computers have drives that are more than 50 percent full. In addition, I need to know the size of the drives. If I could make a Microsoft Visio drawing ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use WMI and Windows PowerShell to Make a Microsoft Visio Drawing?

 (image)   (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! Using Windows PowerShell to control Microsoft Visio looks really cool. However, if I have to manually enter all of the data in the script to produce the drawing, it is probably easier to open Microsoft Visio, drag and drop the shapes from the stencils, and add the connectors. However, I ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Make a Microsoft Visio Drawing with Network Shapes and Symbols?

 (image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been excited about the Microsoft Visio Week articles since I heard your interview back during the holidays. When I read your tweets as you were the writing the Hey, Scripting Guy! posts, I really got excited. I must say that reading yesterday’s article where you added a square to a ...