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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson introduces a WMI filter to remove empty WMI properties by using Windows PowerShell.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is no secret by now that I love Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The information I can obtain and the things I can do with it are astounding. In the Windows PowerSh...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses his version 3 of a Windows PowerShell WMI helper module.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have really enjoyed working on my HSGWMIModule project this week. On Monday, I created the base WMI module, and included a couple of really great functions that query the WMI schema and retur...

Summary: Learn how to find the key property of a WMI class by using a Windows PowerShell function.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well, I received a decent amount of feedback about version 1 of my HSGWMIhelper Windows PowerShell module. Today, I want to add a needed feature to the module: I need the ability to find a WMI key propert...

Summary: In this article, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson begins part 1 of a multipart WMI helper function module for Windows PowerShell.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. While I was teaching my Windows PowerShell Best Practices class in Montreal, we spent an entire day talking about Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). While W...

Summary: In today’s guest article, Microsoft PowerShell MVP Shane Hoey reminds us to focus on the object. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today we have a guest article by Windows PowerShell MVP Shane Hoey. Here is what Shane has to say about himself: “My scripting experience started back when Windows XP was the new kid on t...