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Use Jobs to Run Parallel Queries or Remove Objects from Active Memory

January 14, 2011 Jan 14, 2011 01/14/11
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   Summary: Learn how to use jobs to run parallel queries, remove objects from active memory, work with text files and use the Get-Member Cmdlet to go behind the scenes of PowerShell commands in this edition of Quick Hits Friday.   In this Post:   Use Jobs to Run Parallel Queries with Windows PowerShell Hey, ...

How Do I Install PowerShell on Windows 7 and Other Questions

January 7, 2011 Jan 7, 2011 01/7/11
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   Summary: Learn how to install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7, how to detect 32-bit PowerShell, or how to read an offline registry.   In this post:   Install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7 Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I download Windows PowerShell 2.0 to my new Windows 7 computer? I went to the Microsoft Download ...

Scripting Guys Holiday Special

December 17, 2010 Dec 17, 2010 12/17/10
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  Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Remember those really cheesy late night commercials?   I used to stay up late on weekends watching “The Cool Ghoul” and making fun of really bogus commercials. Evidently, I was not the only one to engage in such an activity, because years later Saturday Night Live also made ...

The Scripting Guys Really Do Rock, Conclusion

December 12, 2010 Dec 12, 2010 12/12/10
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[Disclaimer: this is a reprint of a previously published article from the TechNet Script Center FunZone. The FunZone was not migrated from our old platform. This article is printed here due to popular demand.] This is part four of a four part series of articles about using VBScript to work with the Windows Media Player object model. See Part ...