Showing archive results for October 2015

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to look at WinRM logs.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I am having problems with WinRM. When I use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet, it fails. When I specify the –DCOM protocol for Get-CimInstance, it works. I suspect I have a WinRM problem. How can I go about troubleshooti...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find your system uptime.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find how long my computer has been running?  Use the Get-Date cmdlet to return the current date and time, and then subtract the value            of the LastBootUpTime property that comes...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about what is Windows PowerShell-like scripting.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Before Internet streaming, before Nabster, before CD-ROMs, before cassette tapes, and before 8-track tapes, there were things called records. Now it seems that all technology related to music (unless you ar...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display a filterable GUI list of files.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to filter a list of files using a graphical user interface?  Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to obtain a directory list, select all of the properties and pipe the output            to the O...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to sort, search, and to filter through a directory list. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of my friends on Facebook posted a picture of a bunch of hardwood trees all decked out in fall colors. It was rather pretty. That is the down side to living in ce...