Showing archive results for December 2012

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses why he is excited about Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. A couple of months ago I was out in Redmond, WA, to meet with various people from the Windows PowerShell team, to talk to colleagues, and of course, to have one-on-one sessions with various managers, manage...

Summary: Find out how many about_ conceptual Help files exist on a Windows 8 Windows PowerShell installation.  How can I get a listing of all the about_ conceptual Help files on my computer running Windows 8?  Use the Get-Help cmdlet and search for about*, as shown here. Get-Help about* To find out how many articl...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to count pictures and to display free space on his picture volume. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about visiting places is the opportunity to take pictures—at least that is a major attraction for me. Don’t get me wrong....

Summary: Using Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 to display the IP address.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 to display IP address configurations?  Use the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet and filter for net adapters that have a status of&n...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell here-strings to create an ASCII holiday snow person. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I returned from our European tour yesterday, just in time for the Windows PowerShell users group in Charlotte. Yesterday, we did a script share typ...