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Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the Jacksonville IT Pro Camp. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This is a day I have been looking forward to for some time—and now it is here. It is time for the Jacksonville IT Pro Camp. Teresa (aka The Scripting Wife) and I are keynoting the event. That is right. You will g...

Summary: Learn how to display graphical Windows PowerShell Help.  How can I see Windows PowerShell Help in a graphical way so I can float the Help?  Use the –ShowWindow parameter from the Get-Help cmdlet, for example: Get-Help Get-Process -ShowWindow

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the five best Windows PowerShell cmdlets. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. OK, I will admit that this post is completely arbitrary. What do I mean when I talk about the five best Windows PowerShell cmdlets (commands)? Well, I am thinking about the cmdlets I use on a daily basis an...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to read a specific NTFS file system stream.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to read a specific NTFS file system stream?  Use the Get-Content cmdlet and specify the name of the file and the name of the stream.            This example reads a stream named Data: G...