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Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Using Enumerations in Scripts

  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I are on the road again. She is driving, and I am playing around with Windows PowerShell enumerations. Teresa made friends with a couple we met in the concierge lounge of our hotel in Lisbon while I was teaching a month’s worth of Windows PowerShell workshops. She...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Sign Windows PowerShell Scripts with an Enterprise Windows PKI? (Part 2 of 2)

  Hey Scripting Guy! Will you give us the final steps in the step-by-step guide about how to use an existing Windows PKI installation to sign Windows PowerShell scripts, or were you just kidding yesterday? --HR     Hello HR, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Just as we promised yesterday, we continue today with the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Sign Windows PowerShell Scripts with an Enterprise Windows PKI? (Part 1 of 2)

  Hey, Scripting Guy! Would you please write an article that is a step-by-step guide about how to use an existing Windows PKI installation to sign Windows PowerShell scripts? -- HR   Hello HR, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am so glad you asked this because it gave me the opportunity to turn to one of our MVPs and ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use the Windows Forms TreeView Control?

Today we have a guest article by Ravikanth who works at Dell, Inc., as a lead engineer in the SharePoint Solutions Team. He loves automation and is a Windows PowerShell fanatic. He writes regularly on his blog about topics related to Windows PowerShell, SharePoint, and Microsoft server virtualization. He is also moderator on the Official ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Testing for a Loaded Enumeration

  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The constant pounding of the waves against the shore has a calming effect upon stressed psyches. The moist salty ocean air carries to the balcony as the sea spray from the waves wafts along the brisk breeze that parallels the beach in the morning. The beach, as seen in the following image, ...