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Use PowerShell to Find Last Logon Times for Virtual Workstations

February 19, 2012 Feb 19, 2012 02/19/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to Use Windows PowerShell to find the last logon times for virtual workstations. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Brian Wilhite. Brian was our guest blogger yesterday when he wrote about detecting servers that will have a problem with an upcoming time change due to daylight savings ...

PowerShell Community and the Windows System Administration Tool

January 6, 2012 Jan 6, 2012 01/6/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: See how guest blogger, Rich Prescott, leveraged the Windows PowerShell community as he built his popular ArPosh Client System Administration tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. We are really starting the new year off correctly. We have another very strong guest blogger today. Rich Prescott, is currently working as an ...

Use PowerShell to Find and Uninstall Software

December 14, 2011 Dec 14, 2011 12/14/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get software installation locations, and to uninstall software from remote computers. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a dumb application that we have to use at work. The company has released a new version of this application, and I am trying to write a Windows PowerShell script to uninstall ...

Use PowerShell to Quickly Find Installed Software

November 13, 2011 Nov 13, 2011 11/13/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to quickly find installed software on local and remote computers.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Guest Blogger Weekend concludes with Marc Carter. The Scripting Wife and I were lucky enough to attend the first PowerShell User Group meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was way cool, ...