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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

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

Use PowerShell to Check for WMI Dependencies on Windows 7

October 6, 2010 Oct 6, 2010 10/6/10

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to check for WMI dependencies on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am very excited about using the WMI reliability classes for monitoring purposes. As you mentioned in your previous articles, it is not automatically enabled on Windows Server 2008 R2. This means ...

Use PowerShell to Graph the Reliability of Windows 2008 R2

October 5, 2010 Oct 5, 2010 10/5/10

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows you how to use Group Policy to enable reliability tracing via Windows PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! First of all, let me say that yesterday’s article was interesting. We are also looking at attempting to determine server reliability, and I think that ...

Use PowerShell to Gauge the Reliability of Your Windows 7 Computer

October 4, 2010 Oct 4, 2010 10/4/10

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Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how to use Windows PowerShell to determine the reliability of your Windows 7 or Window Server 2008 R2 computer. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Our CIO is a rather strange creature. He seems to go missing for weeks on end, and then suddenly he will appear in the server room, create ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! With Windows PowerShell, How Can I Get the Same Information I Get Via PerfMon?

February 16, 2010 Feb 16, 2010 02/16/10

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(image) (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Your article on accessing performance counters was pretty cool, but it did not really tell me anything. For example, I am interested in getting the same kind of information in Windows PowerShell that I can get in Performance Monitor (PerfMon). Is this possible?-- KB (image) Hello KB, ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Pull Server Diagnostic Information and Have It Saved in an Excel Spreadsheet with a Chart?

November 27, 2008 Nov 27, 2008 11/27/08

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Good morning. I would like to use WMI to get diagnostic information for my server. I would like to be able to do this remotely and to write the results to an Excel spreadsheet. When I am done, I would like the spreadsheet to also create a chart of the results. Is this asking too much? I have seen pieces of all ...

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