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Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Configure a New Laptop

March 17, 2013 Mar 17, 2013 03/17/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to configure a new laptop. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. WooHoo! My new laptop arrived. Oh, no…I now have a lot of work to do to install and configure Windows 8 on it. You see, I never, never simply turn on and use a new laptop—...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell and Custom Time Span Format Strings

March 16, 2013 Mar 16, 2013 03/16/13
ScriptingGuy1
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and custom time span format strings to display lapsed time. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I am awake and sipping a nice cup of English Breakfast tea with a little peppermint and spearmint leaves in it. I am thinking back over yesterday...

Weekend Scripter: Playing Around with PowerShell Modules

March 10, 2013 Mar 10, 2013 03/10/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about discovering cool information by playing around with Windows PowerShell modules. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is the weekend here in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. I am sipping a cup of oolong green tea with a bit of jasmine and cinnamon stick, and ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Find Dynamic Parameters

March 9, 2013 Mar 9, 2013 03/9/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover dynamic parameters for his favorite cmdlets. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I submitted my session for SQL Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia. To be honest, I was not going to do so because it is only two weeks prior to TechEd in New Orleans&...