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October 31, 2010Oct 31, 201010/31/10
Summary: Learn how to draw a cat on a fence watching a yellow moon by using Windows PowerShell
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is seven in the morning yet it seems like it could be four in the morning.
October 30, 2010Oct 30, 201010/30/10
Summary: Learn how to troubleshoot issues with the WMI Reliability provider when querying with Windows PowerShell.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I very frequently use Saturday mornings for catching up on things such as email. I received an email from JE who was having problems querying the Win32_Reliablity classes on his Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.
October 29, 2010Oct 29, 201010/29/10
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson answers several questions that will improve your productivity with Windows PowerShell.
In this post:
Counting Items in an Array, Message Boxes and PowerShell Formatting
Using Scheduled Tasks with PowerShell
Counting Items in an Array,
October 28, 2010Oct 28, 201010/28/10
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson teaches how to use .NET Framework string methods from within Windows PowerShell,
Hey, Scripting Guy! There are many things I need to do with strings and with text files that do not seem to be supported with Windows PowerShell.
October 27, 2010Oct 27, 201010/27/10
Summary: Learn how to use .NET Framework classes to work with strings in Windows PowerShell in this Scripting Guys how-to post.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been writing VBScript code for years. One thing I really liked about VBScript was the large number of functions that manipulated strings.
October 26, 2010Oct 26, 201010/26/10
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use .NET Framework commands inside Windows PowerShell
Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand that Windows PowerShell is built upon the .NET Framework. I also get the idea that some of the Windows PowerShell cmdlets are simply calling things from the .NET Framework in the background.
October 25, 2010Oct 25, 201010/25/10
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy teaches you how to use .NET Framework classes to explore the Windows PowerShell process in this beginner how-to post
Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to first tell you that I appreciate all the hard work you do.
October 24, 2010Oct 24, 201010/24/10
Summary: Learn how to use a free Windows PowerShell module to ease administration of Windows DNS.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have been talking to Chris Dent for several months now, and I finally convinced him to write a guest blog for me.
October 23, 2010Oct 23, 201010/23/10
Summary: Learn how to display output as moving text by using Windows PowerShell and easy to use techniques.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. After a long, hot and oppressive summer, Fall has descended upon Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States.
October 22, 2010Oct 22, 201010/22/10
Summary: Interact with websites from Windows PowerShell with this how-to post that wraps .NET Framework classes.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to download files and things from the Internet via Windows PowerShell. Is there an easy way to do this?
