Showing results for February 2013 - Page 11 of 11 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create a SendTo Notepad shortcut. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I absolutely love using Windows 8. To me, it is the best operating system we have ever released at Microsoft. I am especially proud that some of the Help articles I wrote are actual...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find processes that use more than 1,000 MB of virtual memory.  How can I produce a listing of processes on my computer that use more than 1,000 MB of virtual memory?  Use the Get-Process cmdlet to return a listing of all processes. Then pipe the results to the Where-Objec...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, takes some time out to play around with the Format-Wide cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I are hanging out on the beach this weekend. Because I have a long weekend (thanks to a way cool Scripting Manager) I feel like it is a holiday or something. Well, wha...

Summary: Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell function to add a printer to your server running Windows Server 2012.  How do I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to add a printer to my print server running Windows Server 2012?  Use the Add-Printer function. Specify the name of an existing print driver and an existing...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create and to use a new event log. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it’s the weekend, baby! At least for the Scripting Wife and me. You see, the Scripting Manager gave me today and Monday off as sort of “comp time” because of all...