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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Use Date Types to Filter Event Trace Logs in PowerShell

July 11, 2011 Jul 11, 2011 07/11/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use date types to filter event trace logs in Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering, oh great scripting master: can I use Windows PowerShell to parse an ETW log file? —JM (image) Hello JM, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is “oh dark thirty” in the Piedmont...

Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Windows

July 9, 2011 Jul 9, 2011 07/9/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot Windows by working with ETW logs. Weekend Scripter: Troubleshooting Windows Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I do not know about you, but I enjoy troubleshooting Microsoft Windows. There is something rewarding about seeing a problem, diagnosing the problem, and ...

How to Improve the Performance of a PowerShell Event Log Query

March 8, 2011 Mar 8, 2011 03/8/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to improve the performance of a Windows PowerShell event log query. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a beginner when it comes to using Windows PowerShell, and I was inspired by your article yesterday about using Windows PowerShell to Query All Event Logs for Recent Events, and today I attempted to write a command to get all...

Export Performance Counters with PowerShell to Ease Tuning

February 3, 2011 Feb 3, 2011 02/3/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to export performance counter sets to simplify analysis and tuning. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I think that using Windows PowerShell to parse performance counter stuff is pretty cool. However, as much as I am a command line person, there are times when I need to be able to use the GUI. For example...

Use PowerShell to Parse Saved Performance Counter Logs

February 2, 2011 Feb 2, 2011 02/2/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use the Import-Counter cmdlet in Windows PowerShell to parse saved performance counter log files. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We have configured a series of custom performance monitor logs that run as scheduled tasks and collect monitoring information. The problem is that I never seem to have time to run Performance ...

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