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Use PowerShell to Perform an Orderly Shutdown of a Server Running Hyper-V

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to shut down all virtual machines on a server running Hyper-V prior to shutting down the server. Hey, Scripting Guy! From time to time I need to shut down one of our servers...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2013 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI, events and monitoring, servers, Hyper-V

Use PowerShell to Create a Permanent WMI Event to Launch a VBScript

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses creating a permanent WMI event registration to monitor for new files and clean up the file names. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I just booked the room for the Atlanta (Alpharetta)...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2012 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI, events and monitoring

Using the WMI Admin Tools to Check on Permanent Events

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the WMI Administrative tools to check on Permanent WMI events created by Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. We continue to get new sponsors for the second Windows...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2012 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI, events and monitoring

The Easy Way to Monitor for an IP Address by Using PowerShell

Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to monitor for acquiring an IP address. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a problem. It seems that when people with laptops come into the office, it takes forever for them...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, desktop management, events and monitoring, troubleshooting, networking, client-side management, General Mgmt Tasks

Monitor and Respond to Windows Power Events with PowerShell

Summary : Guest Blogger Trevor Sullivan shows how to monitor and to respond to Windows Power events using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today’s guest blogger is Trevor Sullivan, and he has a fascinating article about...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI, events and monitoring, guest blogger

Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Software Installation

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot software installation. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am having a problem troubleshooting the installation of an MSI package. I am using Group Policy to deploy the MSI package, and on some computers, it seems to...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, getting started, scripting techniques, operating system, performance, events and monitoring, event logs, Logs and monitoring, troubleshooting

Manage Event Subscriptions with PowerShell

Summary : Bruce Payette shows how to manage event subscriptions with Windows PowerShell. 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...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, events and monitoring, guest blogger

Use Asynchronous Event Handling in PowerShell

Summary : Bruce Payette shows how to use asynchronous event handling in Windows PowerShell. 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...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, events and monitoring, guest blogger

Use the PowerShell WMI Event Module to Quickly Monitor Events

Summary: Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell WMI module to create permanent event monitors. Hey, Scripting Guy! Can you provide some concrete examples of using the Windows PowerShell permanent event consumer module? -- TS Hello TS, Microsoft Scripting...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI, events and monitoring, guest blogger

Use a PowerShell Module to Work with WMI Permanent Events

Summary: Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell module to work with WMI permanent events. Hey, Scripting Guy! Your posts this week on permanent event consumers have been really cool. I am wondering, if they are so useful, why there is not a Windows PowerShell...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI, events and monitoring, guest blogger

Use PowerShell to Monitor and Respond to Events on Your Server

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to monitor and to respond to events on your computer or server without the need to run a script. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in learning how to use Windows PowerShell to create a Windows Management...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI, events and monitoring

Weekend Scripter: Tea Time!

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It has been a great week with some excellent guest bloggers. It is not that I took the week off; rather, I have spent the week working on some special projects I wanted to complete. The great thing about working...

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

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, Weekend Scripter, dates and times, events and monitoring, displaying output

Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (9/24/10)

In this post : Shuffling Values Around in an Active Directory Organizational Unit How Can I Be Notified by Email of Specific Words Being Found in the Event Log? Shuffling Values Around in an Active Directory Organizational Unit Hey, Scripting Guy! I need...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, Active Directory, events and monitoring, Quick-Hits Friday, searching Active Directory, messaging and communication, sending email

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Log Out a User if They Launch a Particular Application?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to log a user out of their desktop machine if they launch a particular application. This is not for security reasons or to keep people from playing games. This is because we have a really...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, desktop management, general management tasks, 2010 Scripting Games, events and monitoring

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Have Files Copied to a USB Drive When the Drive Is Inserted into a Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to monitor for the insertion of a portable USB drive into a computer. When the drive is detected as having been added to the computer, I would like to have the script copy files...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2010 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, 2010 Scripting Games, events and monitoring

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Use PowerShell to Perform an Orderly Shutdown of a Server Running Hyper-V

Use PowerShell to Create a Permanent WMI Event to Launch a VBScript

Using the WMI Admin Tools to Check on Permanent Events

The Easy Way to Monitor for an IP Address by Using PowerShell

Monitor and Respond to Windows Power Events with PowerShell

Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Software Installation

Manage Event Subscriptions with PowerShell

Use Asynchronous Event Handling in PowerShell

Use the PowerShell WMI Event Module to Quickly Monitor Events

Use a PowerShell Module to Work with WMI Permanent Events

Use PowerShell to Monitor and Respond to Events on Your Server

Weekend Scripter: Tea Time!

Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (9/24/10)

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Log Out a User if They Launch a Particular Application?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Have Files Copied to a USB Drive When the Drive Is Inserted into a Computer?