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Aug 31, 2012
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PowerTip: Display the Character for an ASCII Value

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn a simple trick to display the character associated with an ASCII value.  I would like to display the ascii character associated with the ascii value 56. How can I do this?  [char]56

Scripting Guy!Windows PowerShellPowerTip
Aug 31, 2012
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Understanding and Using Updatable PowerShell Help

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use the updatable Help feature in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is June Blender. June Blender is a senior programming writer on the Windows PowerShell team at Microsoft, an avid Windows PowerShell user, and a passionate user advocate. She writes the Help topics that y...

Scripting Guy!Windows PowerShellscripting techniques
Aug 30, 2012
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PowerTip: Display and Write Output

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn to display output and write it to a text file.  I need to display process output at the Windows PowerShell prompt and write that same output to a text file. How can I do this?  Get-process | Tee-Object -FilePath c:\fso\proc.txt

Scripting Guy!Windows PowerShellPowerTip
Aug 30, 2012
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Finding Your Way with PowerShell Cmdlets

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Jason Walker, discusses finding the right Windows PowerShell cmdlet for the job. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the preview for Jason Walker’s presentation for PowerShell Saturday #002 coming to Charlotte, NC on September 15, 2012. Jason is a Microsoft premier field engineer and Windows PowerShe...

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Aug 29, 2012
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PowerTip: Accessing System Values

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to ease access to system values.  How can l print out the value of %systemroot%?   a. (get-item Env:\systemroot).value b. $env:systemroot

Scripting Guy!Windows PowerShellPowerTip