Showing results for February 2010 - Page 3 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

   Hey, Scripting Guy! Your article on accessing performance counters was pretty cool, but it did not really tell me anything. For example, I am interested in getting the same kind of information in Windows PowerShell that I can get in Performance Monitor (PerfMon). Is this possible?-- KB Hello KB, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson h...

   Hey, Scripting Guy! I love using performance monitor. I was a big fan of it back in the Windows NT 4.0 days, and I have been using it ever since. It seems, however, that beginning with Windows Vista you people have messed it up. In trying to make it easier for a clueless individual to use, you have absolutely messed it up for the IT pr...

 Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am still hanging out down here in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, in the United States of America. The laid-back, relaxed attitude has allowed me time to reflect on the new Weekend Scripter series I am writing. The following seagull picture I took seems to reflect this deep thought. Looks pensive, no?...

 Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. If you have been following us on Twitter, you know that I have been out for nearly a week due to ear surgery. While I have been recuperating, I have had a lot of time to think about the module we started last Saturday, and that we continued last Sunday. The Scripting wife took me to South Carolina coast...

(Note: Today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post is an edited excerpt from a forthcoming SAPIEN Press book authored by Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks. Don has published more than 30 books about IT pro topics; you can also find him in TechNet Magazine, on ScriptingAnswers.com, and on concentratedtech.com. Jeffery has authored or co-authored several books i...