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Parsing Event Log Messages—The Video

October 23, 2015 Oct 23, 2015 10/23/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, presents a video about parsing Windows event log messages.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I present a video where I talk about using a cmdlet to parse event log messages. Note For more information about this technique, see Easy Parsing of Messages with ...

Weekend Scripter: Parsing the DISM Log with PowerShell

September 27, 2015 Sep 27, 2015 09/27/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about parsing the DISM log with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I like to do on weekends is mess around. So I was intrigued when I found a DISM command that would supposedly export file associations (see DISM Default Application Association ...

PowerTip: Get Latest Entry from Event Log with PowerShell

August 15, 2015 Aug 15, 2015 08/15/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get the latest entry from an event log. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the most recent entry from the application log? Use the Get-EventLog cmdlet, specify the log name, and use the –Newest 1 parameter, for example: Get-EventLog application -Newest 1...