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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to quickly find installed software on local and remote computers. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Guest Blogger Weekend concludes with Marc Carter. The Scripting Wife and I were lucky enough to attend...
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11-13-2011
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, Weekend Scripter, operating system, registry, desktop management, general management tasks, guest blogger, Marc Carter
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In chapter 7 of PowerShell and WMI I stated that I would post a .NET version of a script to set ownership of a registry key. The WMI method needs Vista or above so we need the .NET version for pre-Vista operating systems. function set-regkeyowner { [...
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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find all user profiles on a computer, and to display the date when each profile was last used. Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to find a good way to see which profiles exist on my laptop. I found a Hey...
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For those of you who are very keen eyed, you may have noticed some posts on my PowerShell Scripts blog related to the WMI Registry Provider. I’ve been working on a PowerShell and WMI course which will be published by Plural Sight in October. As part of...
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Summary : In this episode, superhero BATCHman foils the fowl villain Ping Win and repairs the registry. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today is Episode 5 of the BATCHman series by Sean Kearney. Note You can read all gripping, engaging, informative...
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My second TechEd talk was about managing the registry with Windows PowerShell. If you were in the session you know that I stressed heavily using the PowerShell provider and cmdlets. For remote computers, leverage PowerShell’s remoting infrastructure...
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Yesterday, Matt and I talked about providers, and I mentioned that I wasn’t going to go on talking about the registry provider, as that’s what Matt is talking about today! What’s nice is that you don’t have to type out HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...
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I’m not sure why the registry has been on my mind lately. I probably need a vacation to get out more. But I put together a relatively simple Windows PowerShell function to retrieve registry statistics that you might find useful. … Continue...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create a custom file extension to store code snippets. Weekend Scripter: Creating a .snip file type Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. After I created the Get-CodeSnippet function yesterday , I decided...
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02-06-2011
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Summary: Learn how to install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7, how to detect 32-bit PowerShell, or how to read an offline registry. In this post: Install Windows PowerShell on Windows 7 Detect 32-bit PowerShell Read an Offline Registry Working with Security...
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01-07-2011
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, getting started, scripting techniques, VBScript, operating system, registry, running, Quick Hits Friday
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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to detect the version of Internet Explorer that is running on your computer. In this post: Access Environment Variables using a VBS Script Version Control for PowerShell Scripts Detect Internet Explorer Versions...
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12-10-2010
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, VBScript, operating system, registry, desktop management, general management tasks, Quick-Hits Friday, using the Internet, Internet Explorer
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Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys describe how to reuse Windows PowerShell code to simplify script writing and retrieve reliability information. Hey, Scripting Guy! I really enjoy reading your stuff. It is generally both fun and informative...
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Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to check for WMI dependencies on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am very excited about using the WMI reliability classes for monitoring purposes. As you mentioned in your previous articles,...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it very difficult to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to write to the Windows registry? We have a mixture of Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP on our desktop computers. I was thinking that if it is not too tough, I would like to...
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( Note : These solutions were written for Beginner Event 6 of the 2010 Scripting Games.) Beginner Event 6 (Windows PowerShell) Jeffery Hicks is a Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell and an IT veteran with almost 20 years of experience, much of it spent...