Showing archive results for November 2013

Summary: Microsoft PFE and guest blogger, Clint Huffman, talks about scientific notation and Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have another guest blogger from the past—Clint Huffman. The keyboard is yours Clint… In Performance Monitor, if a number in a field is too large to display, scientific no...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display the syntax of a Windows PowerShell cmdlet. How can I use Windows PowerShell to look at the syntax of a cmdlet without the distraction of a lot of additional information? Use the Get-Help cmdlet, and choose only the Syntax property.           (The foll...

Summary: Microsoft SharePoint MVP and guest blogger, Todd Klindt, talks about using Windows PowerShell to back up a SharePoint environment. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Please welcome back guest blogger, Todd Klindt. Todd also has a blog at http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/default.aspx  and you can find him on Twitter @ToddK...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the stability of your system.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 4.0 on my laptop running Windows 7 to find out how stable my system is?  Use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet to query the Win32_ReliabilityStabilityMetrics, and pipe           the result...

Summary: Guest blogger, Marc Carter, talks about learning to use Windows PowerShell and reducing security risks. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have back with us guest blogger, Marc Carter. Take it away Marc… Despite it becoming more and more of a necessity, I’m always surprised whenever I hear about colleagues w...