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Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Display Process Name and Uptime

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create a custom table that displays the process name and uptime. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Sometimes it seems as if the Scripting Neighbors are crazy...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2013 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, Weekend Scripter, operating system, processes, Formatting output

Use PowerShell to Compare Two Snapshots of Running Processes

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to compare snapshots of running processes in this step-by-step article. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The road seems to stretch on indefinitely. Parallel lines of...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, getting started, scripting techniques, Weekend Scripter, operating system, processes

Using PowerShell to Format a Report from XML Data

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to create a formatted report from data stored in XML files. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is still dark outside, and the lights of the neighborhood are slowly beginning to come on. It is really humid this...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, Weekend Scripter, operating system, processes, displaying output

Using Group Policy to Deploy a Windows PowerShell Logon Script

Summary : The easiest way to deploy a Windows PowerShell script to users is to create a Group Policy logon script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Oh…my eyes feel like they are glued to my eyelids. I am not a night owl , unlike the female...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, Weekend Scripter, operating system, processes, Group Policy

Weekend Scripter: Automatically Collecting Process Snapshots

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It may seem like a “well duh” thing for a Scripting Guy to say, but I love writing scripts. In particular, I love writing Windows PowerShell scripts. One problem with sharing everything I write is that...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, Weekend Scripter, operating system, processes

Weekend Scripter: Boot Tracing with Windows PowerShell

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. There used to be a really cool tool available in the Windows Driver Development Kit (DDK) that was called bootvis.exe. I used to use it to create a boot trace for my Windows XP computer. This tool was useful because...