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Summary: Richard Siddaway explains the differences between the CIM cmdlets and the WMI cmdlets, and details use cases.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Should I use the WMI cmdlets or the newer CIM cmdlets? —NR  Hello NR, Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. The simple answer is that you can...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using regions in the Windows PowerShell ISE.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I like using the Windows PowerShell ISE. The price is right I guess. There is one thing that kind of bugs me, however.  When I am writing a long script, there is too much scrolling, and things seem to slow down. I wish there...

Summary: Learn how to find the Windows PowerShell ISE default options.  How can I find the default options for  the Windows PowerShell ISE object model?  Use the ISEOptions object: $psise.Options.DefaultOptions

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to install modules on your system.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to roll out a new set of modules that are used extensively in my organization?  When Windows PowerShell 5.0 is available, you can use PowerShellGet against an internal repository           &n...

Summary: Richard Siddaway shows how to complete the registry CDXML module. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the final post in a series. To catch up, read: So far, you’ve seen how to create a CDXML module with a single cmdlet based on the GetStringValue meth...