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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find servers that need to be rebooted.   Hey, Scripting Guy! My boss is a Falstaff sort of character, but every once in a while he does actually have a good idea. When he recently logged on to a server console (don’t ask me why my boss was actually ...

Summary: Change Windows PowerShell so that it will display more information by default.  I pipe information and select certain properties, but the information in my table is truncated. Using Autosize or Wrap does not help. How can I change Windows PowerShell so that it displays the information contained in the property?  You are runn...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, writes a Windows PowerShell function to see if a command exists before calling the command. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This Thursday, February 21, 2013, I will be on the PowerScripting Podcast. I always enjoy talking with Jon and Hal, and while I am not sure of the actual agenda, I do k...

Summary: Learn how to keep content from scrolling off the Windows PowerShell console.  How can I keep content from scrolling off the Windows PowerShell console and, instead, display content a page at a time?  Pipe the results to the More function to display content in the Windows PowerShell console one page at a time. Keep ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to find the date for a specific holiday by using a web service.  Hey, Scripting Guy!  I have a problem. I guess you hear that a lot. Anyway, my boss has given me what I think is an impossible task—to find the holidays we have coming up this year. Not ju...