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Hey, Scripting Guy! A Scripting Overview of Windows PowerShell 2.0 (Part 1)

February 10, 2010 Feb 10, 2010 02/10/10
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(image) (Note: Today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post is an edited excerpt from a forthcoming SAPIEN Press book authored by Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks. Don has published more than 30 books about IT pro topics; you can also find him in TechNet Magazine, on ScriptingAnswers.com, and on concentratedtech.com. Jeffery has authored or co-authored ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Format with Windows PowerShell? (Part 2)

February 9, 2010 Feb 9, 2010 02/9/10
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(image) (Note: Today's article is written by guest scripter, Thomas Lee. Here is Thomas' scripting autobiography from The Official Scripting Guys Forum! where he is a moderator: I've been scripting pretty much forever. I used to be pretty hot at JCL on the IBM 360 in the late 1960s, did a ton of shell scripting in the 70s on ICL VME. I ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Format with Windows PowerShell? (Part 1)

February 8, 2010 Feb 8, 2010 02/8/10
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(image) (Note: Today's article is written by guest scripter, Thomas Lee. Here is Thomas' scripting autobiography from The Official Scripting Guys Forum! where he is a moderator: I've been scripting pretty much forever. I used to be pretty hot at JCL on the IBM 360 in the late 1960s, did a ton of shell scripting in the 70s on ICL VME. I ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Use WMI with Windows PowerShell to Query More Than One Piece of Information?

August 3, 2009 Aug 3, 2009 08/3/09
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(image) Hey,  Scripting Guy! I have been trying to get on the Windows PowerShell bandwagon as I feel it is essential to my career as a network administrator who works in the Windows world. At first, it seemed to be confusing, but now I am starting to get it. I am still stuck when it comes to working with Windows Management ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Run Daily Checks on My SQL Server 2008 Servers?

May 29, 2009 May 29, 2009 05/29/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have several items I have to check daily on my SQL 2008 servers. I currently have some VBScripts that do many of my tasks, but there are some new things I want to do. I figure that Windows PowerShell would be easier. Do you have any pointers?- SC(image) (image) Hi SC, It is becoming late as Ed continues ...