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Summary: Ed Wilson talks about some Windows PowerShell conversations at the Scripting Guys booth. One of the cool things about getting together with a bunch of people at the Scripting Guys booth is that I learn stuff. The conversations are great. Here is a case in point: Windows PowerShell MVP, Steve Murawski, stopped by the booth this morning. At ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using default Windows PowerShell parameter values. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The last thing I want to talk about from the tips and tricks session of the Charlotte Windows PowerShell User Group with Lee Holmes is using default Windows PowerShell parameter values. To effectiv...

Summary: Ed Wilson talks about learning Windows PowerShell. It seems that there are always new technologies. It is hard to keep up with them, and it is hard to predict which ones are even worth the time and effort to learn. As with agile development, it seems there are also agile computing technologies. Over the years, I have been to many, many tec...

Summary: Learn a better way to view Windows PowerShell Help.  I like the Windows PowerShell Help files, but I do not like trying to read them in the Windows PowerShell             console window. What is a better way to read the content?  Use the –ShowWindow parameter from Get-Help. This ...

Summary: Learn how to roll back an active Windows PowerShell transaction.  I started a transaction to modify the registry on my computer running Windows 8.1, but something failed,            and I want to roll back the transaction. How can I do this?  Use the Undo-Transaction cmdlet to roll bac...