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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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 Interact with the Windows API: Part 2

June 26, 2013 Jun 26, 2013 06/26/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Matt Graeber, talks more about interacting with the Windows API. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Matt Graeber is back today with Part 2 of a three-part series that started yesterday: Use PowerShell to Interact with the Windows API: Part 1. Now, here’s Matt… In my last post, I described how to ...

Use PowerShell to Interact with the Windows API: Part 1

June 25, 2013 Jun 25, 2013 06/25/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Matt Graeber, discusses how to use Windows PowerShell to interact with Windows API functions in Part 1 of a three-part series. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Guest blogger, Matt Graeber, is back. Matt first joined us as a guest yesterday with his post Use PowerShell and Regular Expressions to Search ...

Use PowerShell and Regular Expressions to Search Binary Data

June 24, 2013 Jun 24, 2013 06/24/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger and pioneer of the PowerSploit module talks about using Windows PowerShell and regular expressions to search binary data. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we kick off a four-part Windows PowerShell and security series with a new guest blogger, Matt Graeber. The Scripting Wife and I had the privilege of ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Manage Auto-Connect Wireless Networks

June 16, 2013 Jun 16, 2013 06/16/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to manage auto-connect wireless networks in Windows 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am going to continue my blog about working with auto-connect wireless networks in Windows 8. In yesterday’s blog post, Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Find Auto-Connect Wireless Networks, I ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Find Auto-Connect Wireless Networks

June 15, 2013 Jun 15, 2013 06/15/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to identify auto-connect wireless networks in Windows 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about traveling around is that I am constantly confronted with new challenges. Invariably these new challenges tend to cause me to use Windows PowerShell. For example, at TechEd 2013 North...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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