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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

PowerTip: Open Windows 8 Control Panel Items from PowerShell

November 26, 2012 Nov 26, 2012 11/26/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to open Windows 8 Control Panel items from within Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I open a Control Panel item, such as Windows Firewall, from within Windows PowerShell? (image) Use the Show-ControlPanelItem cmdlet. To get a list of openable Control Panel items, use the Get-...

Use PowerShell 3.0 and the CIM Cmdlets to Explore WMI Classes

November 26, 2012 Nov 26, 2012 11/26/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell 3.0 and the CIM cmdlets to explore WMI classes. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, the Scripting Wife and I are on the train from Dortmund to Geneva. Teresa was really smart and found tickets for us to tour the Particle Accelerator at Cern. ...

PowerTip: Find the Status of Disk Drives in Windows 8 with PowerShell

November 25, 2012 Nov 25, 2012 11/25/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to find the status of disk drives on Windows 8. (image) How can I check on the status of disk drives on my computer running Windows 8? (image) Use the Get-Disk cmdlet, as shown here. PS C:\> Get-Disk Number Friendly Name Operational Status ...

Weekend Scripter: The Easy Way to Manage Disk Drives

November 25, 2012 Nov 25, 2012 11/25/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell 3.0 to manage disk drives on his Windows 8 laptop. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, the Scripting Wife and I are back in Dortmund, Germany. We will spend the day with Windows PowerShell Guru Klaus Schulte. Our first day in Germany was...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Disable Quickly All Net Adapters

November 24, 2012 Nov 24, 2012 11/24/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to quickly disable all network adapters on a laptop. (image) How can I easily disable all network adapters on my Windows 8 laptop with Windows PowerShell 3.0? (image) Use the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet to retrieve all network adapters and pipe the results to the ...

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