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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

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

Use PowerShell 3.0 to Rename Network Adapters

September 6, 2012 Sep 6, 2012 09/6/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to rename network adapters. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I received an exciting email yesterday from Lido Paglia. As you may recall, Lido was a winner of the 2012 Scripting Games. I think it is so cool that he is now ...

PowerShell 3.0 Is Now Available for Download!

September 5, 2012 Sep 5, 2012 09/5/12

mredwilson

Summary: Windows PowerShell 3.0 is now available for download! WooHoo! Windows PowerShell 3.0 is now available to download for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and for Windows Server 2008. Windows PowerShell 3.0 comes in the Management Framework 3.0. You can download Windows PowerShell 3.0 from the Microsoft Download Center. You need to ...

PowerTip: Create a Strongly Typed Array in PowerShell

September 5, 2012 Sep 5, 2012 09/5/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to create a strongly typed array. (image) I want to create a strongly typed array of system.diagnostics.processes and store it in a variable called $a. How can I do this? (image) Use a command such as: [diagnostics.process[]]$a=get-process (image...

Use PowerShell 3.0 to Stop Network Adapters on Windows 8

September 5, 2012 Sep 5, 2012 09/5/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to stop network adapters on Windows 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day a customer asked me, “Is it a Microsoft requirement that all their consultants can’t be more than five miles from a coffee house?” ...

PowerTip: Find the Length of PowerShell Aliases

September 4, 2012 Sep 4, 2012 09/4/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: See how to determine the distribution of Windows PowerShell cmdlet aliases by length. (image) How many Windows PowerShell aliases are 1-letter or 2-letters or 3-letters in length? In fact, how do you determine what the entire distribution of cmdlet alias lengths is? (image) Use the Get-Alias cmdlet to retrieve ...

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