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2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 5 and the Weekend

This is a snapshot of the ratings of those participants who have submitted scripts through Day 5 and the weekend (May 1 and 2). The ratings are as of 12:01 P.M. on Monday, May 3. Note that these ratings can continue to change as the 2010 Scripting Games...

Published Mon, May 05 2010 11:44 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, leaderboard

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 6--Automatically Copying Files to a Portable USB Drive

About This Event Division Advanced Date of Event May 3, 2010 Due Date May 10, 2010 Event Scenario You have a group of files you would like to copy to several portable USB drives for a college course. You do not want to have to drag and drop every time...

Published Mon, May 05 2010 2:02 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, USB, Advanced Event 6

2010 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 6--Reporting the Status of Registry Keys

About This Event Division Beginner Date of Event May 3, 2010 Due Date May 10, 2010 Event Scenario A recent network trace by the IT network performance team indicates that Browser elections are being forced on one particular subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 every...

Published Mon, May 05 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, registry, 2010 Scripting Games, Beginner Event 6

2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 4

This is a snapshot of the cumulative ratings of those participants who have submitted scripts through Day 4. The ratings are as of 12:01 P.M. on Friday, May 30. Note that the cumulative rating will continue to change as the 2010 Scripting Games go on...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2010 1:43 PM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, leaderboard

Due Dates of All 10 Events in the 2010 Scripting Games

Even though the 2010 Scripting Games officially last Monday, April 26, through Friday, May 7, we are accepting submissions through Friday, May 14, based on the schedule below. Keep those submissions rolling in! Due Monday, May 3, 2010, at 11:59 P.M. Pacific...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2010 11:45 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, due dates

The Scripting Wife Figures Out Beginner Event 5

Well, today’s Beginner Event 5 was not too hard, but I did have to spend some time thinking about. I had no idea how to go about finding information for this event. So I went to MSDN and did a search for “CPU speed.” (I am not exactly sure what “CPU”...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2010 11:16 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, Scripting Wife, 2010 Scripting Games

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 5--Retrieving Video RAM

About This Event Division Advanced Date of Event April 30, 2010 Due Date May 7, 2010 Event Scenario You are in the process of planning an upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, and you want to ensure that your computers will have enough video memory to...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2010 2:02 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, video RAM, Advanced Event 5

2010 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 5--Retrieving CPU Speed

About This Event Division Beginner Date of Event April 30, 2010 Due Date May 7, 2010 Event Scenario You are getting ready to perform a migration from Windows XP to Windows 7, and your boss has asked you to determine if the computers have enough CPU speed...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, CPU, Beginner Event 5

2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 3

This is a snapshot of the cumulative ratings of those participants who have submitted scripts through Day 3. Note that the cumulative rating will continue to change as the 2010 Scripting Games go on. Anonymous submissions are not listed. What individual...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 3:34 PM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, leaderboard

The Scripting Wife Scripts a Pedicure

Well, the Scripting Guy seems to have gone missing! I am not sure where he is, and I am afraid to look for him, because I might disturb him. Yesterday was pretty rough, and the ability to upload scripts seemed like it was down most of the afternoon. He...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 11:55 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, Scripting Wife, 2010 Scripting Games

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 4--Creating an Environmental Variable

About This Event Division Advanced Date of Event April 29, 2010 Due Date May 6, 2010 Event Scenario Your company has just purchased a rather expensive enterprise-wide networked application. The application consists of a server back end and a client front...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 2:02 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, Advanced Event 4, environmental variable

2010 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 4--Retrieving an Environmental Variable

About This Event Division Beginner Date of Event April 29, 2010 Due date May 6, 2010 Event Scenario You are using the MSI provider to install a software package, and you need to ensure that the computer upon which the package will install has at least...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, environmental variable, Beginner Event 4

2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 2

This is a snapshot of the cumulative ratings of those participants who have submitted scripts through Day 2. Note that the cumulative rating will continue to change as the 2010 Scripting Games go on. Anonymous submissions are not listed. What individual...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2010 2:53 PM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, leaderboard

The Scripting Wife Wonders Why She Got "Only" Two Stars on a Script Submission

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It was a rough night because PoshCode was down. That is unfortunate, of course. However, having been a network administrator and a consultant, I know that servers do not always behave nicely, and at times applications...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2010 12:19 PM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, Scripting Wife, 2010 Scripting Games

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 3--Creating Text Files for Class Note-Taking

About This Event Division Advanced Date of Event April 28, 2010 Due Date May 5, 2010 Event Scenario You need to create text files in a folder off the root, such as c:\fso. The text files are named after the class a student is taking, and the numerical...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2010 2:02 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, VBScript, 2010 Scripting Games, text files, Advanced Event 3

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2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 5 and the Weekend

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 6--Automatically Copying Files to a Portable USB Drive

2010 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 6--Reporting the Status of Registry Keys

2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 4

Due Dates of All 10 Events in the 2010 Scripting Games

The Scripting Wife Figures Out Beginner Event 5

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 5--Retrieving Video RAM

2010 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 5--Retrieving CPU Speed

2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 3

The Scripting Wife Scripts a Pedicure

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 4--Creating an Environmental Variable

2010 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 4--Retrieving an Environmental Variable

2010 Scripting Games Leaderboard After Day 2

The Scripting Wife Wonders Why She Got "Only" Two Stars on a Script Submission

2010 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 3--Creating Text Files for Class Note-Taking