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Summary: Guest blogger Tim Bolton talks about using Windows PowerShell to determine what phone extensions are currently in use. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is amazing the number of manual tasks that can be safely eliminated by using a little bit of Windows PowerShell. In fact, it is also amazing, in general, how little time it a...

Summary: Learn how to pause a Windows PowerShell script and wait for another process to end prior to continuing.  How can you easily pause a Windows PowerShell script and wait for a specific process to end prior to continuing execution? Use the Wait-Process cmdlet. It will wait for either a process name, a process ID, or even a ...

Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE Stefan Stranger talks about using version control to protect your Windows PowerShell scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am pleased to present a guest blog post written by Senior Premier Field Engineer Stefan Stranger. The Scripting Wife and I were privileged to hear Stefan speak at...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to create a checkpoint restore point for your computer.  How can you create a checkpoint restore point for your computer?  Start the Windows PowerShell console with admin rights. Use the Checkpoint-Computer cmdlet to create the restore point. You must supply the Description paramete...

Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE Jason Walker talks about using Windows PowerShell to find a locked-out user’s location. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have a guest blog post written by Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE) Jason Walker. Jason has written a number of extremely popular Hey, Scripting Guy! blog ...