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March 2011 - Page 4 of 6 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Use PowerShell to Find Writable WMI Properties

March 11, 2011 Mar 11, 2011 03/11/11
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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes that allow you to change property values. (image)   Hey Scripting Guy! I recently saw a Windows PowerShell script that looked like it actually changed the value of a property. I know that Windows PowerShell methods require you to put things in parentheses, and this script ...

Use PowerShell to Find WMI Classes that Contain Methods

March 10, 2011 Mar 10, 2011 03/10/11
ScriptingGuy1
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes that contain usable methods for making configuration changes in Windows. (image)   Hey, Scripting Guy! I that know you spend a lot of time working with WMI. The one thing that I really do not like about WMI is that although it seems like there is a lot of information that ...

Discover How to Filter Remote Event Log Entries in Windows Vista

March 9, 2011 Mar 9, 2011 03/9/11
ScriptingGuy1
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to filter remote event log entries in a Windows Vista computer. (image)   Hey, Scripting Guy! I thought your article yesterday was really great. It was interesting how a rather simple change could provide such a big gain in performance. The problem is that it does not appear to work on my ...

How to Improve the Performance of a PowerShell Event Log Query

March 8, 2011 Mar 8, 2011 03/8/11
ScriptingGuy1
Summary: Learn how to improve the performance of a Windows PowerShell event log query. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a beginner when it comes to using Windows PowerShell, and I was inspired by your article yesterday about using Windows PowerShell to Query All Event Logs for Recent Events, and today I attempted to write a command to get all...

Use PowerShell to Query All Event Logs for Recent Events

March 7, 2011 Mar 7, 2011 03/7/11
ScriptingGuy1
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily query all event logs for recent events. It is raining outside in Seattle, Washington. I suppose that might not be news to most people, but then I am not from Seattle. In fact, the last time I was out here to teach a Windows PowerShell class to a group of Microsoft network engineers, it was...