The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Get Windows Azure Active Directory Tenant ID in Windows PowerShell

December 31, 2013 Dec 31, 2013 12/31/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Get your Windows Azure Active Directory tenant ID in Windows PowerShell.(image) How can I get my Windows Azure Active Directory tenant ID in Windows PowerShell?(image) Use the Add-AzureAccount cmdlet to add your Windows Azure account to Windows PowerShell:PS C:> Add-AzureAccount ...

Reusing PowerShell Registry Time Stamp Code

December 31, 2013 Dec 31, 2013 12/31/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Rohn Edwards, discusses reusing code that obtains the last-modified time stamp from the registry. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the last day of the year, but don’t despair. We are here to share some Windows PowerShell goodies with you. Welcome back Rohn Edwards as our guest blogger ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Registry Access

December 30, 2013 Dec 30, 2013 12/30/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find registry access. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to get the ACL for a registry key? (image) Use the Get-ACL cmdlet on a key in a Windows PowerShell registry drive. The following example shows access to the HKLM\Software\Microsoft key: Get-acl HKLM:\...

Use PowerShell to Access Registry Last-Modified Time Stamp

December 30, 2013 Dec 30, 2013 12/30/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Rohn Edwards, talks about using Windows PowerShell to access the last-modified time stamp in the registry. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Rohn Edwards. Rohn is one of the cofounders of the Mississippi PowerShell User Group. I’m not sure how many of you know this, but the ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Disable Network Adapter

December 29, 2013 Dec 29, 2013 12/29/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to disable a network adapter. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to disable a network adapter on my Windows 8.1 laptop named Wireless? (image) Use the Disable-NetAdapter cmdlet and provide the name of Wireless to the command: Disable-NetAdapter –name wireless (image...

Scripting Blog [archived]

December 2013 - Scripting Blog [archived]