Scripting Blog [archived]

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

Use PowerShell to Inventory and Update SharePoint Environments

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to inventory objects in your SharePoint environment and to script updates. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Raymond Mitchell is our guest blogger today. Here is a little bit about Raymond. (image) Raymond has worked in IT since 1999, and he has worked with every version of SharePoint ...

Use PowerShell to Find and Uninstall Software

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get software installation locations, and to uninstall software from remote computers. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a dumb application that we have to use at work. The company has released a new version of this application, and I am trying to write a Windows PowerShell script to uninstall ...

Use a PowerShell Script to Start Non-Running Automatic Services

Summary: Guest blogger, Karl Mitschke, discusses a Windows PowerShell script to start non-running services that are set to start automatically. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Karl Mitschke, one of the authors of the Windows PowerShell 2.0 Bible. Here is a little bit about Karl. Karl Mitschke is an IT ...