Showing results for August 2014 - Page 4 of 13 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Guest blogger, Alex Verboon, talks about using Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot delays in Group Policy performance. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Alex Verboon. I was reading Alex’s blog page. I liked what he had to say and I invited him to contribute a guest blog post here. You can ...

Summary: Learn to use Windows PowerShell to easily install Sysinternals utilities.  How do I find a Chocolatey package that installs Sysinternals?  Use the Find-Package cmdlet: Find-Package –Name Sysinternals Note   This command requires the OneGet module in Windows PowerShell 5.0.

Summary: Guest blogger and Honorary Scripting Guy, June Blender, talks about using Windows PowerShell and Chocolatey. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I welcome back guest blogger, June Blender. I’m probably one of five people on earth who really do not like chocolate, so I wasn’t too keen to learn about something cal...

Summary: Here is the answer to the final question in Mini-Scripting Games 2014.  You created a constant variable in your Windows PowerShell console. Now, when you attempt to delete the variable,            you get an error message. How can you remove a constant variable?  A constant variable is created b...

Summary: Here is the answer to Problem 5 in Windows PowerShell Mini-Scripting Games 2014. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is time for the answer to Problem 5 in Mini-Scripting Games 2014. Last week, I posted the complete Problem 5 description and task outline. Problem 5 synopsis Your manager has tasked you to help a junior admin wit...