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Summary: I talk about meeting up with MOW, Fermin, and other friends in Zurich. Well, the Scripting Wife and I arrived in Zurich following our excursion to CERN. It was a beautiful train trip, and I was able to get a decent amount of work completed on my new Windows PowerShell 3.0 book. Our hotel in Zurich was probably the best one in which we have...

Summary: Use a couple of simple Windows PowerShell commands to report the power plan settings on servers as well as setting them. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, today the Scripting Wife and I travel to The Netherlands for the sold-out Dutch Windows PowerShell user group meeting. This all-day user group meeting is sort of like a ...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to determine if a laptop is running on battery.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if my laptop is running on battery? Use the Win32_Battery WMI class and look for a BatteryStatus of 1—this means the battery is discharging (in use). Here is an example using either th...

Summary: Our trip now takes us from the Netherlands to Dortmund to Geneva and then on to Zurich. Well, the Scripting Wife and I had a wonderful time at the first-ever Dutch PowerShell user group. I delivered two presentations and made dozens of new contacts and friends. The following day, Jeff Wouters took Teresa and me out and showed us around. On...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to detect the power state on his laptop and to set the appropriate power plan. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This evening in Oslo, Norway, the Scripting Wife and I are attending the Microsoft Technology User Group meeting. The meeting runs from 18:00 un...