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December 16, 2013Dec 16, 201312/16/13Summary: Two Microsoft Windows PowerShell experts get extreme with the standard Hello World script.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Last month at the Charlotte PowerShell User Group meeting, we played around with some scenarios, and we had each of the attendees work through the tasks to see the various ways they would come up with to solve the scenario.
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,
February 2, 2013Feb 2, 201302/2/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, takes some time out to play around with the Format-Wide cmdlet.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I are hanging out on the beach this weekend. Because I have a long weekend (thanks to a way cool Scripting Manager) I feel like it is a holiday or something.
January 31, 2013Jan 31, 201301/31/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows you how to create a custom Hyper-V Resource Metering reset report by using Windows PowerShell 3.0.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, I found a pretty cool Pandora app for my Windows RT Surface,
November 19, 2011Nov 19, 201111/19/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to query Active Directory for computers, ping for status, and display in green/red.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. While the Scripting Wife and I were out in California speaking to the Microsoft Premier Field Engineers (PFE) about Windows PowerShell,
November 11, 2011Nov 11, 201111/11/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily convert decimal to binary and back, and simplify custom subnet mask calculations.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today is 63. Yep, that is right, today is 63. That is what you get when you see 11 11 11 represented as binary.
November 8, 2011Nov 8, 201111/8/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to pause a script and wait for another process to exit before continuing.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am attempting to use Windows PowerShell to shut down an application, but the application is rather complicated.
May 19, 2011May 19, 201105/19/11Summary: Learn how to create custom objects in your Windows PowerShell script to maximize utility and reusability of your script.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have Steven Murawski as our guest blogger. Steven will tell us a little about himself then go on to talk about objects.
May 17, 2011May 17, 201105/17/11Summary: Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, discusses writing output from Windows PowerShell.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we will be joined by Marco Shaw.
Marco is a consultant with CGI in Moncton. He has been working in the IT industry for over 12 years,
March 6, 2011Mar 6, 201103/6/11Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to create custom column headings for the Windows PowerShell Out-GridView cmdlet.
Weekend Scripter
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is a typical weekend for me. I am up early, sipping a cup of English Breakfast tea,
