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Summary: Two Microsoft PFEs talk about a Windows PowerShell script to remove old ADM files from Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) after converting to a central store. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the first of a three-part series written by two Microsoft PFEs Mark Morowczynski and Tom Moser. First a little bit about M...

Summary: Learn how to run a one-line Windows PowerShell command to create a Windows PowerShell script that automatically recreates all of your aliases.  I want to create a script that will create a standardized set of Windows PowerShell aliases for my environment. I need to do this in a single line. How can I easily do this?  Use the...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, revisits the LoveOMatic, a Windows PowerShell Script that sends random email messages at random times. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Several months ago, I wrote a Windows PowerShell script I called the LoveOMatic (See Weekend Scripter: Introducing the Scripting Guys PowerShell LoveOMatic)....

Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell 3.0 cmdlet to find PowerTip articles and the associated links.  How can I use a Windows PowerShell 3.0 cmdlet to find PowerTip articles and associated links to those articles?  Use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet and specify the URI for the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Use the link...

Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy and PowerShell MVP Richard Siddaway concludes his exciting series on Windows PowerShell workflows with a practical example. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have the last article in the most excellent Richard Siddaway workflow 8-part series.  Note The first article, PowerShell Workflows: Th...