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Summary: Learn how to use the BSonPoSH Windows PowerShell module to simplify Active Directory management tasks.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if there are any modules that can help me with routine, daily administration tasks. I really hate to re-invent the wheel, so if you can point the way to a nice, juicy module, I would be most appre...

Summary: Install the PSCX and get 80 new cmdlets to ease Windows PowerShell use.   Hey, Scripting Guy! You have been spending quite a bit of time recently talking about functions and modules and the like. What is the big deal, and where would I find such modules? —KF   Hello KF, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Things are pre...

Summary: Learn how to use Sysinternals ntfsinfo command in Windows PowerShell.   Weekend Scripter: Windows PowerShell and the Legacy--Hero Worship Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney writes today more about legacy and Windows PowerShell. See his first blog posts on the topic, as well as yesterday’s blog post.   The ...

Summary: Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney teaches a cool trick to work around legacy redirection issues in Windows PowerShell.   Weekend Scripter: Legacy Man Strikes Again Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Once again, Microsoft PowerShell MVP Sean Kearney has been writing some guest blog posts. He continues with his thoughts on legacy and Wind...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to check disk space used by logs, and to clear those logs to reclaim space.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I found as I was researching ways to enable and to disable the ETW trace logs is that a seemingly large number of people wanted a way to clear out all the logs. Bef...