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Summary: Learn how to use a simple Windows PowerShell cmdlet to search event logs for errors.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I was at a recent SQL Saturday event, and there was a person there (unfortunately, I do not remember his name) who was talking about Windows PowerShell. In his talk, he showed something that was pretty cool. It seemed like he crea...

Summary: Learn how to use Event Viewer custom views in Windows PowerShell to parse event logs quickly.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I love Windows 7. It absolutely rocks! One of the things I love about Windows 7, in addition to Windows PowerShell, is the new Event Viewer. I have created a custom view in my Event Viewer. I exported that custom view, a...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to parse the Windows Firewall log.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering about the firewall log on my computer. I was in a hotel recently, and I noticed that the network adapter light kept flashing, but I was not like doing anything really. When I tried to look at th...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to check disk space used by logs, and to clear those logs to reclaim space.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I found as I was researching ways to enable and to disable the ETW trace logs is that a seemingly large number of people wanted a way to clear out all the logs. Bef...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to automatically enable and disable trace logs.   Hey, Scripting Guy! Your articles have been right on target—they hit me where I live. I am wondering if I could actually automate some of this? Suppose I am trying to install software using WMI, and I would like to see the log entries you talked about the o...