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Weekend Scripter: How to Print Documents from the TechNet Library and MSDN

May 6, 2012 May 6, 2012 05/6/12
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Summary: With the Build-a-Book feature in the TechNet Library and MSDN, you can combine topics into a package to download for offline reading or printing. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today’s post is by Dave Bishop. He explains a cool new tool that enables readers to assemble and print documents directly from content in ...

Weekend Scripter: Active Directory Account Unlock Shortcut for Help Desk

May 5, 2012 May 5, 2012 05/5/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Today’s post is a quick Windows PowerShell tip to save time for the Help Desk to unlock Active Directory accounts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was talking to Ashley the other day, and he was telling me about a cool tip he came up with that many of his customers had been using on a regular basis. Although the ...

Using Performance Counters with the Out-GridView Cmdlet

May 4, 2012 May 4, 2012 05/4/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson demonstrates how to use the Out-GridView cmdlet with performance counter information.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question, and hopefully you will not think it is a stupid one. During the 2012 Scripting Games, one of the events had to do with using performance counters. I thought that was a ...

Display Easily Consumed Service Information in PowerShell

May 3, 2012 May 3, 2012 05/3/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to display easily consumed information about system services by using Windows PowerShell.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I am still having trouble working with the Out-GridView cmdlet. I sort of understood what you were talking about yesterday, but when I tried it, all I got was errors. What does it mean when it says that it does...

How Can I Use the Out-GridView Cmdlet to Search Event Logs?

May 2, 2012 May 2, 2012 05/2/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use a simple Windows PowerShell cmdlet to search event logs for errors.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I was at a recent SQL Saturday event, and there was a person there (unfortunately, I do not remember his name) who was talking about Windows PowerShell. In his talk, he showed something that was pretty cool. It seemed like he...