Summary: Find events from objects by using Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find what events are offered by a process? Use Get-Process to retrieve an instance of the process, pipe the results to Get-Member, and specify a MemberType Event: notepad Ge...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about playing with processes and events in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I woke up and I had an idea. This happens to me sometimes. Not often. But occasionally. And here it was. I could not get it out of my mind... Can I use an event from a specific p...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display a message in 16 colors. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily display a message in 16 different colors to start my presentation with something a little different? Use the range operator to create 16 numbers. Pipe the numbers to the Foreach-Obje...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to terminate processes that start at random times. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question that I hope you can answer. It seems that there are several processes that keep starting on my computer running Windows 8.1. That eat up lots of resources, and I cannot...
Summary: Cause Windows PowerShell to wait for a specific event to be generated. How can I make my Windows PowerShell console halt until an event that I registered by using the Register-CimIndicationEvent cmdlet occurs? Use the Wait-Event cmdlet and specifiy the source identifi...
