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Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Defrag Issues

Doctor ScriptoJune 2, 2014Jun 2, 201406/2/14

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

Use PowerShell and a Filter Hash Table to Speed Boot Trace

Doctor ScriptoJuly 15, 2013Jul 15, 201307/15/13

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using a filter hash table with Windows PowerShell to speed up boot trace parsing. 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 anything ab

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

Doctor ScriptoJuly 14, 2013Jul 14, 201307/14/13

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

How to Use PowerShell to Write to Event Logs

Doctor ScriptoJune 20, 2013Jun 20, 201306/20/13

Summary: Guest blogger, Jonathan Tyler, talks about how to write to Windows event logs by using Windows PowerShell—and avoid errors in doing so. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. While I was at TechEd in New Orleans, I had the chance to talk to Jonathan Tyler. I see him from time-to-time, although he only lives a few hours awa

Translate a VBScript Event Log Script to PowerShell, Dude…

Doctor ScriptoJune 18, 2013Jun 18, 201306/18/13

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about translating a VBScript script that queries the Windows Event logs directly into Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! Dude! I have this way cool VBScript script that I use every day to query the event logs on our servers. It receives all of the events and displays it

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Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Defrag Issues

Use PowerShell and a Filter Hash Table to Speed Boot Trace

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

How to Use PowerShell to Write to Event Logs

Translate a VBScript Event Log Script to PowerShell, Dude…

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