Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Scripting Guy!, processes

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Display Process Name and Uptime

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Use PowerShell to Explore Process Threads in Windows

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:01:00 GMT

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy talks about using Windows PowerShell to explore process threads in Windows. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. On our system, every once in a while, we have this application where the threads go crazy. I need an easy...(read more)

Use PowerShell to Duplicate Process Tokens via P/Invoke

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:01:00 GMT

Summary : Guest blogger, Niklas Goude, shows how to use P/Invoke to duplicate process tokens from LSASS to elevate privileges. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have Part 4 of our five part security series written by guest blogger...(read more)

PowerShell Community and the Windows System Administration Tool

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:01:00 GMT

Summary : See how guest blogger, Rich Prescott, leveraged the Windows PowerShell community as he built his popular ArPosh Client System Administration tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. We are really starting the new year off correctly...(read more)

Learn How to Save PowerShell Objects for Offline Analysis

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:01:00 GMT

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to save objects for later offline analysis. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. I am trying to examine processes that are consuming resources on my computer. The problem is that when I use the Get-Process...(read more)

Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 4: Use PowerShell to Find Services Hiding in the SvcHost Process

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:15:00 GMT

Summary : Microsoft research software developer, Chris O'Prey, solves Windows PowerShell 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 4 and finds services that are running in the SvcHost process. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. With us today with...(read more)

Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 1:Use PowerShell to Find Process Module Versions

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:15:00 GMT

Summary : Guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, solves 2011 Scripting Games advanced Event 1 and finds process module versions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we start two weeks of expert commentators’ solutions for the 2011 Scripting...(read more)

Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 1: Use PowerShell to Determine if a Process Is a Private Build

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:01:00 GMT

Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Thomas Lee, solves 2011 Scripting Games beginner event 1 by finding private build processes. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for Beginner Event 1 is Dr. Thomas Lee. Here is Thomas...(read more)

Learn How to Use .NET Framework Commands inside Windows PowerShell

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:01:00 GMT

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use .NET Framework commands inside Windows PowerShell Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand that Windows PowerShell is built upon the .NET Framework. I also get the idea that some of the Windows PowerShell...(read more)

Use .NET Framework Classes to Explore Windows PowerShell Processes

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:01:00 GMT

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy teaches you how to use .NET Framework classes to explore the Windows PowerShell process in this beginner how-to post Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to first tell you that I appreciate all the hard work you do. I find your...(read more)

Use PowerShell to Compare Two Snapshots of Running Processes

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Using PowerShell to Format a Report from XML Data

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Using Group Policy to Deploy a Windows PowerShell Logon Script

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Weekend Scripter: Automatically Collecting Process Snapshots

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Weekend Scripter: Boot Tracing with Windows PowerShell

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)