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Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Configure a New Laptop

March 17, 2013 Mar 17, 2013 03/17/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to configure a new laptop. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. WooHoo! My new laptop arrived. Oh, no…I now have a lot of work to do to install and configure Windows 8 on it. You see, I never, never simply turn on and use a new laptop—...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (9/18/09)

September 18, 2009 Sep 18, 2009 09/18/09
ScriptingGuy1
Can I Delete All Items in the Deleted Items Folder? Hey, Scripting Guy! I need a VBScript script that will delete all of the e-mails in the Deleted Items folder. I have tried to do this, but I am not able to get it to delete all of the items in the folder. One time it deletes one or two items, and then on another occasion it appears ...

How Can I Change the Size of a Page File?

January 18, 2006 Jan 18, 2006 01/18/06
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the size of a page file?-- HM Hey, HM. You know this is a somewhat unusual question for us. Why? Because there’s a very easy and straightforward answer, which doesn’t involve weird workarounds, doesn’t need to be accompanied by a bunch of excuses, and works the same on Windows 2000 as it does on ...