Showing archive results for January 2013

Summary: Microsoft support engineer James Kehr talks about using Windows PowerShell to change IP behavior by implementing SkipAsSource. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have guest blogger James Kehr, a support engineer here at Microsoft. Take it away, James … When James was asked to write a guest blog post for the &ldqu...

Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell function on Windows 8 to determine DirectAccess connection status.  How can I use Windows PowerShell on my computer running Windows 8 to determine the status of my DirectAccess connection back to work?  Open the Windows PowerShell console and use the Get-DAConnectionStatus functio...

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP Richard Siddaway continues with part five of his awesome Windows PowerShell workflow basics articles. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have the fifth in a series of guest blog posts written by Windows PowerShell MVP and Honorary Scripting Guy Richard Siddaway dealing with Windows PowerShell work...

Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell function to find running scheduled tasks on your computer running Windows 8.  How can I find information about running scheduled tasks on my computer running Windows 8?  Use the Get-ScheduledTask function and pipe the resulting list to the Where-Object to identify a runn...

Summary: Microsoft PFEs Adam Haynes and Shubert Somer talk about using a .NET Framework class to open a file dialog box. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have part 5 of 5 guest blogs written by Adam Haynes with help from his friend Shubert Somer. If you have not read parts 1, 2, 3, and 4, you will want to go back and read them...