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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

PowerTip: How Long Has My Computer Been Running?

July 11, 2014 Jul 11, 2014 07/11/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn a one-liner Windows PowerShell command to see how long a computer has run. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find out how long my computer has been running since last boot up without writing a script? (image) Use the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class and the ...

An End of Week Treat: Mini-Scripting Games

July 11, 2014 Jul 11, 2014 07/11/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Jim Christopher, shares a mini-Scripting Games event from the Charlotte Windows PowerShell User Group. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome today, guest blogger, Jim Christopher. Jim is a Windows PowerShell MVP and the leader of the Charlotte Windows PowerShell User Group. He was instrumental in...

PowerTip: Count a Range of Seconds with PowerShell

July 10, 2014 Jul 10, 2014 07/10/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to count a range of seconds. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to count a range of seconds of increasing duration? (image) Use the range operator to create a range of numbers, then pipe the results to the ForEach-Object cmdlet inside a script block ...

Use Windows PowerShell to Prepare for Migration from SharePoint 2007

July 10, 2014 Jul 10, 2014 07/10/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Marc Adam Carter talks about using Windows PowerShell to smooth the way for a large SharePoint 2007 migration. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today our guest blogger is Marc Adam Carter... If you’re responsible for administering a SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint 2010 farm, I’d have to say that things ...

PowerTip: Find Information About ErrorActionPreference

July 9, 2014 Jul 9, 2014 07/9/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Find information, beyond the basics, for the Windows PowerShell variable ErrorActionPreference. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to see information, beyond only the value, for the variable ErrorActionPreference? (image) Use the Get-Variable cmdlet and pipe the results to the Format-List&...

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