Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot defrag issues in Windows 8.1. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week, I begin a week-long series about looking at the Windows event and diagnostic logs via Windows PowerShell. I have previously written about this, and you may want ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to change the Internet Start page on his Microsoft Surface . Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is no secret that I love my Microsoft Surface. Just before our trip to Europe, I bought a nice Microsoft Surface Pro 2 with extra memory and disk space. The th...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about pinning a Windows PowerShell script to the Windows 8.1 Start screen. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, the Scripting Wife and I had a couple of neighbors over for dinner. While munching on snacks, he said that he had recently upgraded his laptop from Windows 7 t...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to read the WinSat score on your computer running Windows 8.1. How can I use Windows PowerShell to obtain the WinSat score from my computer running Windows 8.1, if I cannot find the utility I used on earlier versions of Windows? Use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet and read the values from ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the user who owns a process. How can I use Windows PowerShell 4.0 in Windows 8.1 to determine who owns a process? Use the –IncludeUserName switch with the Get-Process cmdlet: Get-Process -IncludeUserName
