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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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 Display Known Colors

April 6, 2014 Apr 6, 2014 04/6/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to find all known colors on your computer. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find known colors on my computer and their hex representations? (image) Use the Add-Type cmdlet as follows: Add-Type –assemblyName PresentationFramework [windows.media.colors] | Get-Member -static -Type Property...

Weekend Scripter: Build a Clock Widget by Using PowerShell and WPF

April 6, 2014 Apr 6, 2014 04/6/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to use Windows PowerShell to build a clock widget. Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. Here's a bit about me: Boe Prox is a Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell and a senior Windows system administrator. He has worked in the IT field since 2003, and he ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display Pop-Up Window

April 4, 2014 Apr 4, 2014 04/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to display a pop-up window by using Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to display a pop-up window to a user when a script or function has completed? (image) There are several ways to display a pop-up window, but the following command doesn’t require &...

Build a Tool that Uses Constrained PowerShell Endpoint

April 4, 2014 Apr 4, 2014 04/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to create a tool that can leverage a remote constrained endpoint to perform a task. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a tool that my Help Desk admins can use to audit and restart services, while limiting their access to the server? —TJ (image) Hello SH, Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, ...

PowerTip: Restore Default PSSession Endpoints

April 3, 2014 Apr 3, 2014 04/3/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to restore default PSSession endpoints. (image) How do I restore my default PSSession endpoints if I accidently unregistered them? (image) Use Enable-PSRemoting to automatically rebuild the remote endpoints on your system: Get-PSSessionConfiguration Enable-PSRemoting –Force #Now try it again Get-...

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