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Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Defrag Issues

June 2, 2014 Jun 2, 2014 06/2/14
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot defrag issues in Windows 8.1. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week, I begin a week-long series about looking at the Windows event and diagnostic logs via Windows PowerShell. I have previously written about this, and you may ...

PowerTip: Discover All Event Logs on a Server

October 2, 2013 Oct 2, 2013 10/2/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Discover all of the event logs on a server by using Windows PowerShell. (image)  How can I discover the event logs that are available on my server? (image)  There two ways to do this. If you want the classic-type event logs, use: Get-EventLog –List If you want to see all of the event logs, including the new style logs ...

The Admin’s First Steps: Scan Multiple Event Logs

October 2, 2013 Oct 2, 2013 10/2/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to automate scanning event logs across many remote machines. (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting using Windows PowerShell to administer my systems, and I’ve been asked to test multiple remote machines for a particular event. How can I do that? —CV...

Use PowerShell and a Filter Hash Table to Speed Boot Trace

July 15, 2013 Jul 15, 2013 07/15/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using a filter hash table with Windows PowerShell to speed up boot trace parsing. (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! I don’t get it. You wrote a script yesterday, and said that the performance was bad. You suggested that you could improve the performance, but then you did not do ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Get Boot-Up Trace Events

July 14, 2013 Jul 14, 2013 07/14/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to get boot-up trace events. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I am sipping the last of my English Breakfast tea with a little lemon grass and a crushed cinnamon stick. Not sure how I ran out of English Breakfast tea, but I did. Oh well. I...