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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to compare modern app installation on two computers. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a small cadre of rogue users at work. They work in engineering, and they seem to act like they are beyond the realm of normal IT control. In fact, when they were told that they co...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses using the DISM module in Windows 8 to work with desktop settings. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I are looking forward to the Central Ohio PowerShell User Group (COPUG) in Columbus, Ohio next week. We have not been back to Columbus since we were there f...

Summary: Use the Invoke-WebRequest Windows PowerShell cmdlet to easily send a web request.    How can you easily send an HTTP or HTTPS request to a web service by using Windows PowerShell 3.0?  Use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet. For example, the following code returns links from the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. (...

Summary: Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to download TechEd 2012 session content. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blogger, Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw. For more from Marco, read his other Hey, Scripting Guy! guest blogs. Here’s Marco… I wrote a Windows ...

Summary: Get the inside scoop on what's up with Windows PowerShell 3.0 Updatable Help.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I love PowerShell 3.0—I really do. There is one thing that I do not understand, however, and that is what’s up with the Help? I mean one of the nice things in Windows PowerShell 1.0 and 2.0 was the MAN pages, b...