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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, lists his top four ideas to include in comments in Windows PowerShell scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is a new week. This one is filled with potential for unlimited new explorations, beginnings of wonderful friendships, and delving into the mysteries of long forgotten books. Well...

Summary: Learn how to add multiple-line comments in Windows PowerShell.  How can I  use Windows PowerShell to add a comment that will wrap over several lines           if I do not want to use a hash tag for each line?  Begin the comment with <# and end the comment with #>, for exampl...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about adding comments to Windows PowerShell scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning brings another cool fall day in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am sipping a cup of English Breakfast tea with a cinnamon stick and a bit of orange peel in it. I am also munching on a Biscott...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find what version of Windows you are running.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the version of Windows that is installed on a group of computers?            To be safe, I need the command to be compatible with Windows PowerShell  2.0.  Use the Get-WmiObject...

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Teresa Wilson, talks about upgrading Windows PowerShell 2.0 to Windows PowerShell 4.0 in Windows 7. Hello everyone. The Scripting Wife, here. The Scripting Guy is off reading a book—I think it may be Rob Roy by Walter Scott, but I am not sure. He seems to be on a Walter Scott kick lately. I have little in...