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Scripting Guys Holiday Special

December 17, 2010 Dec 17, 2010 12/17/10
ScriptingGuy1
  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Remember those really cheesy late night commercials?   I used to stay up late on weekends watching “The Cool Ghoul” and making fun of really bogus commercials. Evidently, I was not the only one to engage in such an activity, because years later Saturday Night Live also made ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Create New Folders in a Sequentially Numbered Series?

September 9, 2009 Sep 9, 2009 09/9/09
ScriptingGuy1
Share this post: (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I hate to type numbers. I actually took typing in high school and did really well with it. I was able to type more than 40 words per minute at the end of the class with no errors. I got ...

Developing a Script Taxonomy

August 24, 2009 Aug 24, 2009 08/24/09
ScriptingGuy1
(Note: This post by Ed Wilson originally appeared on the Microsoft Press Blog.)As we have been busy at the TechNet Script Center with our migration to the blog and bringing the Script Gallery online, I have been giving a lot of thought to organizing the keywords/tags that are used to provide quick links ...

Ode to Our New Script Gallery

August 21, 2009 Aug 21, 2009 08/21/09
ScriptingGuy1
(This post was initially made on the Microsoft Press Blog.) (image) Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. At long last we have a real Script Gallery for the Script Center. This was a project that was in the planning stages for nearly a year. The great thing about the new Script Gallery is the way it fosters community involvement. The people...

Check Out Our New Script Gallery!

August 14, 2009 Aug 14, 2009 08/14/09
ScriptingGuy1
 Great news: The TechNet Script Center Gallery launched Thursday afternoon, August 13!  What’s new?·  You can now submit your own scripts on the site. Click Upload on the right side of the Script Gallery home page and follow the simple process.·  The Script Center Gallery has a dedicated search...