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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Use PowerShell to Compute MD5 Hashes and Find Changed Files

May 31, 2012 May 31, 2012 05/31/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to compute MD5 hashes and find files changed in a folder. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder and I would like to detect if files within it have changed. I do not want to write a script to parse file sizes and dates modified because that seems to be a lot of work. Is there a way I can ...

Learn the Easy Way to Use PowerShell to Get File Hashes

May 30, 2012 May 30, 2012 05/30/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows PowerShell PSCX Get-Hash cmdlet to get hash files in a directory. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question that I hope will not require a lot of work on your part. I need to find the MD5 hash of files and folders. I use this information to determine if something ...

Use PowerShell to Perform Offline Analysis of Security Logs

May 29, 2012 May 29, 2012 05/29/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses using Windows PowerShell to dump and to analyze event logs—including security logs. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I often need to process Windows event logs when I am called to do a forensic investigation of a server. One of the problems with saving the event log so that I can ...

Use PowerShell to Aid in Security Forensics

May 28, 2012 May 28, 2012 05/28/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses using Windows PowerShell to aid in security forensic analysis of processes and services on a compromised system. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that somewhere I read that you have your CISSP certification, so I expect that you know about security. I am wondering, do you know ...

Use PowerShell to Explore Active Directory Security

March 12, 2012 Mar 12, 2012 03/12/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to explore Active Directory Security settings on objects. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. My boss told me I need to document the access rights for objects that are in Active Directory. I have absolutely no idea how to do this. I open up Active Directory Users and Computers and I ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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