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December 14, 2014Dec 14, 201412/14/14Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating a graphical Help function in Windows PowerShell.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, I should have known. In yesterday’s post, A Graphical Tool to Explore PowerShell Help, I said it would not take too long to convert my Windows PowerShell script (that I used to display Help) into a function.
January 11, 2014Jan 11, 201401/11/14Summary: Discover the power of the “double splat.”
Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here filling in for our good friend, Ed. He’s keeping himself inside where it’s warm. I’m here in Canada typing really fast to keep even warmer! It’s 31 degrees below Celsius here in Ottawa,
June 11, 2013Jun 11, 201306/11/13Summary: Guest blogger, Brian Wilhite, talks about using Windows PowerShell to detect a server that is in pending reboot status.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have the conclusion to Brian Wilhite’s guest blog series about detecting pending reboots via Windows PowerShell.
November 2, 2012Nov 2, 201211/2/12Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to update address information in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday, at the Charlotte Windows PowerShell user group meeting, one of the members was talking about adding mailing information to all of the users in a particular organizational unit.
September 3, 2012Sep 3, 201209/3/12Summary: Use the Active Directory cmdlet New-ADUser to create a new user via Windows PowerShell.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife has the Window PowerShell Saturday site bookmarked on her Windows 7 smart phone, and she keeps hitting refresh on the little Internet Explorer window to watch the available tickets for the Charlotte PowerShell Saturday event march down to zero.
June 3, 2012Jun 3, 201206/3/12Summary: The winner of the advanced division of the 2012 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games gives tips for success.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blogger, Rohn Edwards, the winner of the Advanced category in the 2012 Scripting Games.
September 26, 2011Sep 26, 201109/26/11Summary: Learn how to get the number of processor cores via WMI and Windows PowerShell.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to perform an audit of computers on our network. Specifically, I am tasked with obtaining CPU information. I need the processor speed,
September 25, 2011Sep 25, 201109/25/11Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell splatting feature to avoid typing repetitive cmdlet parameters.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if you can help me. There are some cmdlets that have a lot of parameters. I need to fill these parameters out in order to cause the cmdlet to work properly,
July 10, 2011Jul 10, 201107/10/11Summary: Use ShowUi, a free Windows PowerShell module, to simplify creating graphical interfaces for scripts.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, I have a guest article from my good friend James Brundage. Here is a little bit about him.
May 29, 2011May 29, 201105/29/11Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, illustrates step-by-step how to use Windows PowerShell splatting to simplify working with parameters.
Weekend Scripter
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is a perfectly lovely weekend, and things are finally beginning to settle back down after two weeks of travel.
