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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of graphics files that I need to convert to a different file format. Can I use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to convert a .bmp file to a .jpg file? -- SW   Hello SW, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is Guest Blogger Week here on the Script Center. Today, we have William Stanek talking about worki...

  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Smokey Mountains are about 10 degrees cooler than Charlotte, North Carolina, is. The problem is that it was nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Charlotte. Anyway, getting to spend some time with my old high school friend has been fun, even if he does not know Windows PowerShell from a seashell. Oh wel...

  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I are getting ready to head up to the mountains in search of a bit of cool air. Even if it is hot up there, it will still be cool because we are meeting one of my old high school friends. Actually, all of my high school friends are old now, but that is another story. John was in ...

    Q: Hey Scripting Guy! I need to migrate a VBScript to Windows PowerShell 2.0 that I use to parse a log file for errors that occur during a specific operation. I am only interested in the errors, not the success statements. Because this log has a tendency to grow rather large, I would like to write the failure events back to the...

    Q: Hey Scripting Guy! I need to convert a VBScript into Windows PowerShell 2.0. The script reads the first line of all text files that are in a particular folder, and if a specific word is in that file, it moves the text file to an archive folder. -- AO A: Hello AO, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here, I have been helping th...