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 Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, offers a quick thirty-word description of Windows PowerShell, and he proves it.   What is Windows PowerShell in thirty words or less?  Windows PowerShell is the next generation cmd prompt and scripting language from Microsoft. It can be a replacement for vbscript and for the cmd prom...

Summary: Learn how to display only the current year. How can I use Windows PowerShell to display only the current year?

Summary: Specify Windows PowerShell error actions. Question: Which command when typed at the beginning of a script will cause Windows PowerShell to ignore errors and continue executing the code? Answer: $erroractionpreference=SilentlyContinue Question: How can I ignore errors for a single command instead of for the entire script? Answer: Use t...

Summary: Use parameters with the Get-WmiObject cmdlet Question: Which parameter of the Get-WMIObject cmdlet takes the place of a WQL where clause? Answer: The filter parameter takes the place of the WQL where clause as shown here: Get-wmiobject win32_logicaldisk –filter “drivetype  =  3” Que...

Summary: Learn how to create a custom number display.Question: How do I display a “calculated value” (megabytes instead of bytes) from a WMI query when piping data into a Format-Table cmdlet?Answer: Create a hash table where you want to display the data, and perform the calculation inside curly brackets, and then assign the re...