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January 31, 2013Jan 31, 201301/31/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find hotfixes installed on your laptop running Windows 8 that were installed after a certain date.
How can I find Windows hotfixes installed after a certain date on my Windows 8 laptop by using Windows PowerShell?
Use the Get-Hotfix function to return installed hotfixes on your Windows 8 laptop,
January 31, 2013Jan 31, 201301/31/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows you how to create a custom Hyper-V Resource Metering reset report by using Windows PowerShell 3.0.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, I found a pretty cool Pandora app for my Windows RT Surface,
January 30, 2013Jan 30, 201301/30/13Summary: Learn how to find help on workflows with Windows PowerShell.
I open the Windows PowerShell console and type Get-Help -Category helpfile workflow and nothing returns. How can I fix this problem?
Assuming you have updated your Help file content by using Update-Help,
January 30, 2013Jan 30, 201301/30/13Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy and Windows PowerShell MVP Richard Siddaway continues his Windows PowerShell workflow series with a discussion on parameters.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have the sixth in a series of guest blog posts written by Windows PowerShell MVP and Honorary Scripting Guy Richard Siddaway dealing with Windows PowerShell workflow.
January 29, 2013Jan 29, 201301/29/13Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 to change the startup order of your Hyper-V virtual machine.
How can I change the startup order of my virtual machine on my laptop running Windows 8?
You can verify the startup order of your virtual machine by piping the results of Get-VM to the Get-VMBios cmdlet,
January 29, 2013Jan 29, 201301/29/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell 3.0 to reset Hyper-V Resource Metering.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Ok, I have this problem here at work. We have upgraded our servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012. We are running Hyper-V,
January 28, 2013Jan 28, 201301/28/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows Server 2012 to easily find the memory configuration of your Hyper-V virtual machines.
How can I easily find the memory configuration on my Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V virtual machines by using Windows PowerShell?
Use the Get-VM cmdlet and pipe the results to the Get-VMMemory function,
January 28, 2013Jan 28, 201301/28/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell 3.0 to configure Hyper-V Resource Metering on Windows Server 2012.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, today is Monday, and the first thing I do on Monday is update the Help on Windows PowerShell 3.0.
January 27, 2013Jan 27, 201301/27/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 to find print devices that use 32- or 64-bit drivers.
How can I find print devices on my computer running Windows 8 that use 32-bit or 64-bit drivers?
Use the Get-PrinterDriver cmdlet and use the Where-Object (? Is an alias) to filter out the printerenvironment property.
January 27, 2013Jan 27, 201301/27/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell 3.0 to do Hyper-V Resource Metering on Windows Server 2012.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, Charlotte looked like someone had taken a huge can of polyurethane and sprayed the entire city—multiple times.
