The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Keep Job Data

March 3, 2014 Mar 3, 2014 03/3/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to keep job data available for future use.(image) How can I keep my job data?(image) One of the frustrating things about using the Window PowerShell job cmdlets is that if you’re not careful, you lose the data in your job when you access the job. The ...

PowerShell Jobs Week: WMI and CIM Jobs

March 3, 2014 Mar 3, 2014 03/3/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Richard Siddaway introduces you to WMI and CIM jobs in Windows PowerShell. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the second in a series of posts that, hopefully, will shine the spotlight on Windows PowerShell jobs, remind people of their capabilities, and ...

PowerTip: Control Job Starts with PowerShell

March 2, 2014 Mar 2, 2014 03/2/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to control which jobs start when. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to complete a group of jobs before I start more jobs? (image) Use the Start-Job cmdlet, for example, to start 3 long running processes: Start-Job {<long running process 1>} Start-Job {<...

PowerShell Jobs Week: Introduction to PowerShell Jobs

March 2, 2014 Mar 2, 2014 03/2/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Richard Siddaway introduces you to Windows PowerShell jobs. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning Windows PowerShell, and I have some long running tasks to perform. What’s the best way of running these tasks? —LJ (image) Hello LJ, Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today ...

Use Background Jobs to Run a PowerShell Server Uptime Report

August 10, 2012 Aug 10, 2012 08/10/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use background jobs to run a Windows PowerShell script that produces a server uptime report. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I like your script to get uptime and to get free disk space, but I cannot be responsible for running it on a regular basis. In addition, keep in mind we have a ...

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