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Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, opens his security assessment toolbox to discuss a Windows PowerShell script he uses to look at Windows services. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges is one of my best friends, and I had a chance to work with him again during my recent Canadian tour. W...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to print output from commands without installing print drivers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If I have not said it recently, the Scripting Wife is cool! She is also a really good sport. Why do I say this? We are stuffed into the very back of a large airplane as we fly back from a Windows PowerShell Us...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell Get-Random cmdlet to choose a specific number of random letters. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. With the advent of the New Year, I am hard at work on the 2012 Scripting Games. This year there will be several improvements. I always learn from each year...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to pause a script and wait for another process to exit before continuing. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am attempting to use Windows PowerShell to shut down an application, but the application is rather complicated. I need to stop one process, and wait for that process to complete before starting the second pr...

Summary: Learn how to use a collection of cool Widows PowerShell tricks to simplify writing scripts.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I am proud to announce that Microsoft's  newest Windows PowerShell MVP  Bartek Bielawski returns to the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Congratulations Bartek! Bartek Bielawski has been ...