The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Weekend Scripter: Automatically Collecting Process Snapshots

August 8, 2010 Aug 8, 2010 08/8/10

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Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It may seem like a “well duh” thing for a Scripting Guy to say, but I love writing scripts. In particular, I love writing Windows PowerShell scripts. One problem with sharing everything I write is that people always have a better idea about how to do things. But better can be relative...

Weekend Scripter: Boot Tracing with Windows PowerShell

August 7, 2010 Aug 7, 2010 08/7/10

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Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. There used to be a really cool tool available in the Windows Driver Development Kit (DDK) that was called bootvis.exe. I used to use it to create a boot trace for my Windows XP computer. This tool was useful because it would let you know which drivers were taking a long time to load. Unfortunately, there...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Using the Windows Search Index to Find Specific Files

May 30, 2010 May 30, 2010 05/30/10

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(image) Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the cool things about using Windows PowerShell is the different objects with which you can interact. Windows Search is an example of this. By using ADO, you can query the Windows Search index and retrieve information about files. This technique can have some very interesting ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Querying the Windows Search Index

May 29, 2010 May 29, 2010 05/29/10

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(image) Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I finally had time to play around with querying Windows Search from within Windows PowerShell. I tried, back during the beta of Windows Vista, to do that, but I was unable to get it to work. It has been on my mind and on the back burner for quite some time. Today, being a nice relaxed day...

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