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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to review the setup event log. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The ticket sales for Windows PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina have been going pretty well. Stay tuned for some pretty exciting news—we may be adding a fourth track to the...

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Jeffery Hicks, talks about profiling scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have as our guest blogger, Jeffery Hicks, Windows PowerShell MVP and author. To read more of Jeff’s previous guest posts, see these Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts. Jeffery Hicks is a Microsoft MVP in Windows Pow...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about troubleshooting the InvokeMethodOnNull error in a Windows PowerShell script.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Ed...thank you for all you do for those of us who are spread so thin we can't go deep on subjects like scripting. I have a question regarding a script you created in Use PowerShell to Create...

Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to monitor for acquiring an IP address.  Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a problem. It seems that when people with laptops come into the office, it takes forever for them to obtain network access. On the tool bar, a blue circle of death spins in an infinite loop. ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to automatically enable and disable trace logs.   Hey, Scripting Guy! Your articles have been right on target—they hit me where I live. I am wondering if I could actually automate some of this? Suppose I am trying to install software using WMI, and I would like to see the log entries you talked about the o...