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Jan 23, 2014
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Avoiding PowerShell Scripting Pitfalls

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shares an excerpt from his book, Windows PowerShell Best Practices that discusses scripting pitfalls. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have an excerpt from my new book, PowerShell Best Practices, which is published by Microsoft Press. In the excerpt today, I talk about avoiding Window...

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Jan 22, 2014
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Use PowerShell to Find Two-Letter Alias Combinations

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about finding all two-letter alias combinations by using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have an excerpt from my new book, PowerShell Best Practices, which is published by Microsoft Press. The two-letter alias namespace is rather large, but how large is it ...

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Jan 21, 2014
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Understanding Tradeoffs When Searching for a String

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Doctor Scripto

Summary:  Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, provides an excerpt from his new book, Windows PowerShell Best Practices, about searching for strings. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have an excerpt from my new book, PowerShell Best Practices , which is published by Microsoft Press. When you are searching for a string, you ...

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Dec 1, 2013
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PowerTip: Find User Name for a Process

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Doctor Scripto

Summary:  Use Windows PowerShell to find the user who owns a process.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 4.0 in Windows 8.1 to determine who owns a process?  Use the –IncludeUserName switch with the Get-Process cmdlet: Get-Process -IncludeUserName

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Nov 8, 2013
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Determine System Stability

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the stability of your system.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 4.0 on my laptop running Windows 7 to find out how stable my system is?  Use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet to query the Win32_ReliabilityStabilityMetrics, and pipe           the result...

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