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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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

Use PowerShell to Retrieve a Weather Forecast

November 7, 2010 Nov 7, 2010 11/7/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to get a weather forecast from inside the Windows PowerShell ISE. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is amazing how quickly things change on the Internet. A couple of years ago I found a website that hosted several web services. It was really ...

Weekend Scripter: Draw a Cat on a Fence Watching a Yellow Moon Using Windows PowerShell

October 31, 2010 Oct 31, 2010 10/31/10

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Summary: Learn how to draw a cat on a fence watching a yellow moon by using Windows PowerShell Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is seven in the morning yet it seems like it could be four in the morning. It is dark outside, and the room is cool with a hint of humidity. I hang on to my cup of English Breakfast tea ...

Weekend Scripter: Using Windows PowerShell to Make a Marquee

October 23, 2010 Oct 23, 2010 10/23/10

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Summary: Learn how to display output as moving text by using Windows PowerShell and easy to use techniques. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. After a long, hot and oppressive summer, Fall has descended upon Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. The wife (who also scripts) and I decided to head down to the Columbia...

Use PowerShell to Graph the Reliability of Windows 2008 R2

October 5, 2010 Oct 5, 2010 10/5/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows you how to use Group Policy to enable reliability tracing via Windows PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! First of all, let me say that yesterday’s article was interesting. We are also looking at attempting to determine server reliability, and I think that ...

Weekend Scripter: Tea Time!

October 2, 2010 Oct 2, 2010 10/2/10

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Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It has been a great week with some excellent guest bloggers. It is not that I took the week off; rather, I have spent the week working on some special projects I wanted to complete. The great thing about working with guest bloggers is that I get to tap into world-class writers who are experts in ...

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