Showing archive results for December 2014

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to retrieve BIOS information from remote servers.  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 Active Directo...

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

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about pre- and post-incrementing the Do...While loop in Windows PowerShell.  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 as using $a++ ...

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

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 cool j...