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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Use PowerShell to Get BIOS Information on Remote Servers

December 9, 2014 Dec 9, 2014 12/9/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to retrieve BIOS information from remote servers. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I really hope you can help me. I need to get a list of basic BIOS information from our servers. All of the servers that I need are listed in a single organizational unit (OU) in ...

PowerTip: Zoom the PowerShell ISE

December 8, 2014 Dec 8, 2014 12/8/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell command to increase zoom in the Windows PowerShell ISE. (image) How can I increase the zoom level in a script that I use to set up the Windows PowerShell ISE before presentations? (image) Use the $host object and the PrivateData object, and set the zoom size to greater than 100...

Pre- and Post-Incrementing Do…While Loop in PowerShell

December 8, 2014 Dec 8, 2014 12/8/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about pre- and post-incrementing the Do...While loop in Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I think that I found a bug in Windows PowerShell. In fact, I am pretty sure that I have. It involves using the ++ increment operator. For example, I know that $a = $a + 1 is the same ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to See if String Has Wildcard Character

December 7, 2014 Dec 7, 2014 12/7/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine if a string contains a wildcard character. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if a string contains a wildcard character? (image) Use the static ContainsWildcardCharacters method from the System.Management.Automation.WildcardPattern ...

Weekend Scripter: Count Images with PowerShell

December 7, 2014 Dec 7, 2014 12/7/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, counts the images he used in Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts through the years. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I have been writing the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog for a while…actually, quite a while. It is the best job I have ever had—and at Microsoft, I have had some really ...

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