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Summary: In preparation for creating a Windows PowerShell ISE add-on to automatically remove aliases, Scripting Guy Ed Wilson builds a hash table with alias definitions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It has finally happened, I unveiled the last event of the 2011 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games on Friday. Contestants still have a week...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to discover which Windows PowerShell providers support credentials. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. When I was in Redmond, Washington a couple of weeks ago teaching a Windows PowerShell class to a group of Microsoft networking engineers, a question came up about using alternate credenti...

Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to unblock files that are downloaded from the Internet by using Windows PowerShell and a Sysinternals tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is two days until the 2011 Scripting Games kick off. Things are quiet right now, and I am enjoying a chance to catch my breath and to relax. I am thinking abo...

Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to shut down remote computers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is raining outside and every so often a window-shaking thunder clap erupts outside, jarring the teeth of everyone inside our house in Charlotte, North Carolina. Because I know that the Scripting Wife enjoys th...

Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to automatically create files with the date stored in them. The room seems quiet now. I take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and begin to relax. My name is Ed Wilson. I am the Microsoft Scripting Guy. I have just completed the second in a series of five Live Meetings during what I c...