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February 2011 - Page 3 of 4 - Scripting Blog

Use PowerShell and Scheduled Tasks to Automate Troubleshooting

February 10, 2011 Feb 10, 2011 02/10/11
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell and scheduled tasks to automate troubleshooting your computer.   Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a website that is currently hosted on a rather unreliable server. I am tired of constantly being harassed by management that the server is inaccessible. Unfortunately...

Use PowerShell Troubleshooting Packs to Diagnose Remote Problems

February 9, 2011 Feb 9, 2011 02/9/11
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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell troubleshooting packs to diagnose and correct problems with remote systems.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to troubleshoot remote systems. In the past, we have always configured Remote Desktop on our servers to allow for remote management. The problem is that many of our remote offices have ...

Use PowerShell to Automate Windows Troubleshooting

February 8, 2011 Feb 8, 2011 02/8/11
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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to automate troubleshooting of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to perform troubleshooting tasks on my Windows 7 desktop computer, but I do not want to sit and answer a bunch of questions. I was intrigued by yesterday’s blog post about using ...

Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Your Windows 7 Computer

February 7, 2011 Feb 7, 2011 02/7/11
ScriptingGuy1
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to simplify troubleshooting your Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 computers.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I was recently reading something about using the Windows PowerShell troubleshooting packs that are available in Windows 7. How can I leverage this information? —SW Hello SW, Microsoft ...

Create a Custom File Extension by Using PowerShell

February 5, 2011 Feb 5, 2011 02/5/11
ScriptingGuy1
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create a custom file extension to store code snippets. Weekend Scripter: Creating a .snip file type Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. After I created the Get-CodeSnippet function yesterday, I decided that it might be useful to have my own file extension to keep track of code snippets. ...