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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to administer a remote computer using Windows PowerShell 2.0, and I need to find out what profiles are stored on that computer. I found an old VBScript that reads the registry, but it looks like it will be a lot of work to adapt it and to make it work. -- JB Hello JB, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilso...

  Hey Scripting Guy! I have a problem. There is a registry key on several computers that has a default value of “default.” I need to be able to change that default value. I searched the Hey, Scripting Guy! blog and came up with an article written for VBScript. I know I can use WMI in Windows PowerShell 2.0, but the proces...

(Portions of this blog post previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide.) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have some services that are running on my computer. I looked them up on TechNet and I do not believe I need them to be running. Is there a way I can write a Windows PowerShell script to stop the services? If I...

(Portions of this article previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide.)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in collecting information about processes that are stopped on my systems. I would like to write the information to ...

(Portions of this article previously appeared in the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide.) Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to write a listing of the services that are running to a Microsoft Access database. I would then be able to use the report writer from Microsoft Access to produce some nice professional loo...