The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

Scripting Blog [archived]

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

Learn Keyboard Tricks to Use the PowerShell ISE Easier

February 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012 02/8/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell ISE more effectively by leveraging keyboard shortcuts. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am the network administrator for a large company, and we have to go through very rigorous testing before we can download and install software on our servers. This requirement has prevented me from using ...

Learn How to Use the Free PowerShell ISE to Edit Scripts

February 7, 2012 Feb 7, 2012 02/7/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn about using the Windows PowerShell ISE to edit scripts, and to modify the script execution policy in this step-by-step blog. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. I was following your blog yesterday about typing long commands inside the Windows PowerShell ISE, and I saved my work because I did not want to ...

Use the PowerShell ISE to Work with Long Commands

February 6, 2012 Feb 6, 2012 02/6/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell ISE to work with long commands and make things easier to understand. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I don’t get the purpose of the Windows PowerShell ISE. I mean, we have the Windows PowerShell console, and most of the time, all I am doing is typing a few commands there. Why should I ...

Increase Performance by Slowing Down Your PowerShell Script

February 3, 2012 Feb 3, 2012 02/3/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented earlier this week. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script three days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet. Although the script did an ...

Speed Up Excel Automation with PowerShell Jobs

February 2, 2012 Feb 2, 2012 02/2/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script that he presented in his previous two blogs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script two days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet: Beat the Auditors...

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