Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about troubleshooting WinRM. Hey, Scripting Guy! So I thought that Windows PowerShell remoting was supposed to just work. Well, it doesn't. I am confused, and don’t even know where to begin. I am pretty sure that it should be enabled, but it is not working. Can you help? —EG ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to produce a list of disabled Windows features. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see what Windows features are disabled in my installation? Open an elevated Windows PowerShell console, use the Get-WindowsOptionalFeatures cmdlet, and specify that you want to ...
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to look at WinRM logs. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am having problems with WinRM. When I use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet, it fails. When I specify the –DCOM protocol for Get-CimInstance, it works. I suspect I have a WinRM problem. How can I go about troubleshooti...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find your system uptime. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find how long my computer has been running? Use the Get-Date cmdlet to return the current date and time, and then subtract the value of the LastBootUpTime property that comes...
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about what is Windows PowerShell-like scripting.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Before Internet streaming, before Nabster, before CD-ROMs, before cassette tapes, and before 8-track tapes, there were things called records. Now it seems that all technology related to music (unless you ar...
