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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to obtain basic operating system information.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to check on computers on my network to find out the operating system, service pack level, and whether the computer has been rebooted in the last 30 days. Can you help with this? &md...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to detect drive types.  Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a number of workstations in our network. Many of the users bring USB keys from home to transfer their files. Others have large external USB drives attached to their machines, and others have portable CD/DVD devi...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find startup information.  Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that my laptop running Windows 8.1 takes forever to start lately. I don’t really even know where to begin with this. I haven’t added anything that I know of, but still it is dog slow. I d...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to display Windows activation status.  Hey, Scripting Guy! The previous network administrator at my company was not attentive to his work. I am not sure what he actually did for a living, but it certainly was not network administration. I think he was a p...

Summary: Guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, compares Windows PowerShell PSSessions and CIM sessions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have the exciting conclusion to Honorary Scripting Guy, Trevor Sullivan’s guest blog series on CIM. To see more of Trevor’s guest posts, see these Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts. You can reach Trev...