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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, illustrates how to explore WMI methods and writable properties from a Windows PowerShell script. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. One of the things I like about Windows PowerShell is the ease in which I can modify things, experiment with things, play with things, and finally e...

Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to create custom column headings for the Windows PowerShell Out-GridView cmdlet. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is a typical weekend for me. I am up early, sipping a cup of English Breakfast tea, and watching a pot of Irish steel-cut oats simmer on the stove. I am glancing over ...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to discover what files are using up all the disk space on your computer. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I do not know about you, but it seems as if there is a disk space-eating gremlin on my computer. One day I have several hundred gigabytes of free disk space on my computer,...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to add commands to the Windows Explorer command bar in Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Did you ever have one of those times when a seemingly simple project suddenly morphed into a monster project? It seems that when I have a bit of extra time, I let...

Summary: Learn how to sort data before you send it to the Windows PowerShell Out-GridView cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson here. The weekend has finally arrived, following on the heels of a rather hectic week. I decided to download and install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It installed on the Scripting Wife&rsqu...