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September 10, 2014Sep 10, 201409/10/14Summary: 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,
May 29, 2013May 29, 201305/29/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to initialize raw disks and to partition and format volumes.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. In yesterday’s post, Use PowerShell to Add VHDs and Configure New Virtual Machines,
February 10, 2013Feb 10, 201302/10/13Summary: The Scripting Wife talks about the first event in the 2013 Winter Scripting Games warm-up events.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have a special guest. You guessed it: The Scripting Wife is with us today. If you are reading the Hey,
May 18, 2012May 18, 201205/18/12Summary: Microsoft premier field engineer, Jason Walker, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to get a history of USB drive usage.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was talking to Jason Walker at the Charlotte Windows PowerShell User Group the other day.
March 15, 2011Mar 15, 201103/15/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to determine the amount of fragmentation of your hard disk drives.
Hey, Scripting Guy! One of the things that annoys me is that the “new” defragmenter program in Windows 7 does not return any information.
December 20, 2010Dec 20, 201012/20/10
Summary: A Windows PowerShell Carol in which Ebenezer Script learns how easy it to use WMI to check disk space usage.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if Ebenezer Script will learn how easy it is to work with WMI from inside Windows PowerShell.
December 31, 2009Dec 31, 200912/31/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! We are having problems with several of our servers at work. Several of them were upgraded from Windows NT 4, and as a result, we are constantly running into disk space issues on the C: drive.
December 7, 2009Dec 7, 200912/7/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem using the Win32_Volume WMI class on my Windows Vista computer. I keep getting an error. I have searched the Internet using Bing and other search engines, but I cannot find the answer to my problem.
September 11, 2009Sep 11, 200909/11/09Share this post:
Hey Scripting Guy! I stumbled across the TechNet Script Center recently while trying to solve a problem I had at work. I had heard about scripting, of course, but had never taken the time to learn about it.
February 2, 2009Feb 2, 200902/2/09I know most people have heard of Moore’s Law that is named after Gordon Moore, but have you ever heard of Bob’s law? Bob was the senior network administrator when I first became an IT pro, and he created what he called Bob’s Law.
