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Migration of the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog

May 16, 2010 May 16, 2010 05/16/10
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(image)   Over the next week, the MSDN and TechNet blogs are being migrated to a new version of the blogging platform. During this period commenting will be disabled on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Note that after the blog is migrated, it may have a slightly different appearance. However, we will continue to post every day, just ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Scripting Microsoft Security Essentials

May 16, 2010 May 16, 2010 05/16/10
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(image) Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, I finally had time to do something I have been wanting to do for a long time: I played around with Microsoft Security Essentials (the free downloadable anti-malware program from Microsoft). When I say “played around with,” I mean I began to look at seeing what I could do from a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: How Can I Use WMI to Detect Laptops?

May 15, 2010 May 15, 2010 05/15/10
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(image) Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. With the 2010 Scripting Games over, I have a bit of extra time on the weekends. I was catching up on reading some of my favorite blogs, such as the WMI team blog, when I ran across a post that reminded me of a question I used to be asked when I was teaching my WMI class. I was often asked about ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Customize Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations?

May 13, 2010 May 13, 2010 05/13/10
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(image)  (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a sales person, and therefore not a professional IT person. I live and die on my ability to use Microsoft PowerPoint. I therefore stumbled across your Web site while searching for solutions to a problem I have. Let me briefly explain the situation. I learned a long time ago that customers ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Add a New Slide to an Existing Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation?

May 12, 2010 May 12, 2010 05/12/10
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(image)  (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been enjoying reading your Microsoft PowerPoint articles this week. I am curious however; can you use Windows PowerShell to add a slide to an existing presentation? I have searched on the Internet and can’t find an example of doing that. Is it not possible, or just too tough?-- YF (...