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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

Scripting Blog [archived]

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

Use PowerShell and WMI to Glean Basic Operating System Information

September 11, 2014 Sep 11, 2014 09/11/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to obtain basic operating system information. (image) 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 ...

Inventory Drive Types by Using PowerShell

September 10, 2014 Sep 10, 2014 09/10/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to detect drive types. (image) 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 ...

Use PowerShell to Provide Startup Information

September 9, 2014 Sep 9, 2014 09/9/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find startup information. (image) 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 ...

Use PowerShell to Detect Activation Status

September 8, 2014 Sep 8, 2014 09/8/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to display Windows activation status. (image) 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 ...

Comparing PowerShell PSSessions and CIM Sessions

January 31, 2014 Jan 31, 2014 01/31/14

Doctor Scripto

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 ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

CIM - Scripting Blog [archived]