Showing archive results for July 2015

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about debugging Windows PowerShell scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about central Florida is there are lots of farmers markets… especially (I am told) this time of the year. This is great, because I prefer organically grown, locally sourced food. I...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to obtain a disk drive overview.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to get a quick overview of my disk drives?  Open Windows PowerShell with Admin rights, and use the Get-Disk function to retrieve            the disk number, operational status, health status, friendly ...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about if you should write Windows PowerShell scripts or do something else. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is the weekend, and once again, it is a beautiful sunny morning in central Florida. I am sitting outside with my Windows Surface Pro 3, and taking the time to do a little writi...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a list of unique process names.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to obtain a list of all the unique process names running on my system?  Use the Get-Process cmdlet, pipe the results to the Select-Object cmdlet, and specify the Name property and the –Unique&nb...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about Windows PowerShell modules.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I keep hearing about Windows PowerShell modules, but I do not know what they really mean. Is it something that comes with Windows PowerShell, or is it something I have to buy or download? I don’t get it. Can you shed some light? &mda...