Summary: Learn how to use date types to filter event trace logs in Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering, oh great scripting master: can I use Windows PowerShell to parse an ETW log file? —JM Hello JM, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is “oh dark thirty” in the Piedmont region of the United...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot Windows by working with ETW logs. Weekend Scripter: Troubleshooting Windows Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I do not know about you, but I enjoy troubleshooting Microsoft Windows. There is something rewarding about seeing a problem, diagnosing the problem, and resolving the...
Summary: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Richard Siddaway, teaches how to use Windows PowerShell to simplify access to WMI data. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I am really excited about the idea I had for this week, and I hope you will be too. I asked Candace Gillhoolley at Manning Press about posting some sample works from some of the...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to determine the amount of fragmentation of your hard disk drives. Hey, Scripting Guy! One of the things that annoys me is that the “new” defragmenter program in Windows 7 does not return any information. I guess from a user standpoint, it is OK—and it runs as a service, and tha...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows you how to change drive letters and labels with a simple Windows PowerShell command. Hey, Scripting Guy! First of all, I want to thank you for being cool and for all the neat things you do with the Windows PowerShell community. Second of all, I was reading your blog last week where you were talkin...
