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Weekend Scripter: The Mission for “True-Up” Data Via Get-WmiObject

May 26, 2012 May 26, 2012 05/26/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Guest blogger, Brian Wilhite, shares his experience using Windows PowerShell jobs to speed up collecting information from WMI. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This weekend, we will start with guest blogger, Brian Wilhite. Brian Wilhite works as a Windows system administrator for a large health-care provider in North ...

Getting Directory Sizes in PowerShell

May 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 05/25/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Guest blogger, Bill Stewart, discusses a Windows PowerShell function to determine folder size. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Guest blogger today is Bill Stewart. Bill Stewart is a scripting guru and a moderator for the Official Scripting Guys forum. Here’s Bill… You have probably asked this question ...

Deciding Between One or Multiple PowerShell Profiles

May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012 05/22/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses some of the decision points between using one or multiple Windows PowerShell profiles. (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! OK, so I understand that there are different types of Windows PowerShell profiles (I liked your blog yesterday by the way). But you failed on one major point: How do I ...