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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

July 13, 2011 Jul 13, 2011 07/13/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot software installation. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am having a problem troubleshooting the installation of an MSI package. I am using Group Policy to deploy the MSI package, and on some computers, it seems to work, but on other computers it fails. After having read your most recent ...

Parse Windows Trace Logs by Using PowerShell

July 12, 2011 Jul 12, 2011 07/12/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to parse Windows trace logs. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to filter the results from an ETW log? —DK (image) Hello DK, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sure there is. In Saturday’s Weekend Scripter article, I talked about working with Event Tracing for ...

Use Date Types to Filter Event Trace Logs in PowerShell

July 11, 2011 Jul 11, 2011 07/11/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use date types to filter event trace logs in Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering, oh great scripting master: can I use Windows PowerShell to parse an ETW log file? —JM (image) Hello JM, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is “oh dark thirty” in the Piedmont...

Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Windows

July 9, 2011 Jul 9, 2011 07/9/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot Windows by working with ETW logs. Weekend Scripter: Troubleshooting Windows Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I do not know about you, but I enjoy troubleshooting Microsoft Windows. There is something rewarding about seeing a problem, diagnosing the problem, and ...

Discover How to Filter Remote Event Log Entries in Windows Vista

March 9, 2011 Mar 9, 2011 03/9/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to filter remote event log entries in a Windows Vista computer. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I thought your article yesterday was really great. It was interesting how a rather simple change could provide such a big gain in performance. The problem is that it does not appear to work on my ...

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