Showing archive results for July 2013

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to get boot-up trace events. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I am sipping the last of my English Breakfast tea with a little lemon grass and a crushed cinnamon stick. Not sure how I ran out of English Breakfast tea, but I did. Oh well. I stil...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a list of installed troubleshooters.  How can I get a list of installed troubleshooters on my system by using Windows PowerShell?  Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet and look for directories in the c:\windows\diagnostics\system folder. Get-ChildItem -Directory  C:\Windows\diagnostics\...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to query event logs for entries created during startup. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things that annoys me is when something changes on my laptop, and I know that I did not do anything to directly cause the change. Obviously, I did something...

Summary: Use the [decimal] Windows PowerShell type accelerator to round decimal numbers.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily round a decimal number an integer?  Use the Round method from the [decimal] type accelerator: PS C:\> [decimal]::round(10.555) 11 PS C:\> [decimal]::round(10.444) 10

Summary: Guest blogger, Chris Campbell, shows how to use the Windows API and Copy-RawItem to access sensitive password files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blog by Chris Campbell. Chris is a security researcher and penetration tester who has spoken at several major security conferences, such as BlackHat and Derb...