The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

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

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Compare Two Snapshots of Running Processes

October 10, 2010 Oct 10, 2010 10/10/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to compare snapshots of running processes in this step-by-step article. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The road seems to stretch on indefinitely. Parallel lines of concrete, surrounded by tall dancing pine trees and bordered by freshly mown grass...

Weekend Scripter: A Cool Music Explorer Script

October 9, 2010 Oct 9, 2010 10/9/10

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Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I don’t know about you, but I have thousands of music files on my computer. In fact, I have exactly 4,018 music files. I used this Windows PowerShell command to count them: PS E:\Music> (dir -Include *.mp3,*.wma -Recurse | Measure-Object).count ...

Use PowerShell to Identify Causes of Internet Explorer Crashes

October 8, 2010 Oct 8, 2010 10/8/10

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Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guys show how to use Windows PowerShell to identify applications that cause Internet Explorer to crash. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am the network administrator where I work. I do mean the network administrator. I do everything from server configuration and installation, to user help desktop ...

Reuse PowerShell Code to Simplify Script Creation

October 7, 2010 Oct 7, 2010 10/7/10

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Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guys describe how to reuse Windows PowerShell code to simplify script writing and retrieve reliability information. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I really enjoy reading your stuff. It is generally both fun and informative. The thing I appreciate the most is that your writing does not read like standard ...

Use PowerShell to Check for WMI Dependencies on Windows 7

October 6, 2010 Oct 6, 2010 10/6/10

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to check for WMI dependencies on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am very excited about using the WMI reliability classes for monitoring purposes. As you mentioned in your previous articles, it is not automatically enabled on Windows Server 2008 R2. This means ...

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