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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to calculate and display percentages. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning, I am sipping a cup of red berry tea. It is tangy and refreshing. I will admit that I cheated. I used our machine. Boom! 90 seconds later it was done. I guess I could actua...

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to give the Windows PowerShell console a glass-like look. Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. Have you ever sat at your desk while working in the Windows PowerShell console and thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if this console had a more unique look? Per...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about changing the Get-Help cmdlet so it always displays examples. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. For the last several weeks, I have been working on a project at work. The documentation team talked to customers to see how they were using Windows PowerShell, and to see how and when the...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about sorting hash tables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is part of the Scripting Wife’s birthday weekend, and so we are heading out to see the Friesian horse keuring. She has watched the event via live streaming on the Internet, but never attended one in person…so...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about how Windows PowerShell decides what to display. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I received an email from a friend with whom I used to work a long time ago. (He was one of the reviewers on the WMI book I wrote in the VBScript days.) Here is his email:  Hey, Mr. E...