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Hey, Scripting Guy! How about a brief recap from one of the judges of the 2010 Scripting Games? -- SW Hello SW, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am glad you asked. We have just such a recap from Don Jones, expert commentator and judge for the...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! What type of errors and mistakes did you notice in the entries for the 2010 Scripting Games? -- BA Hello BA, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am a really laid back sort of guy, and I do not like the words “errors”...
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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...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to create a text file that is a specific size. I know that I can create a text file by using FSUTIL, but when I open the file, it is empty. Therefore, I would like a text file that contains...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to query for the contents of a special folder on my Windows 7 computer. I would like to use Windows PowerShell to do this. I know I can use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to return the contents of a folder, but I am not sure how to...
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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...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell to retrieve information about my computer hardware. Specifically I am interested in the make, the model, and the speed of my CPU by using a script. Can this be done? -- DH Hello DH, Microsoft Scripting...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to read a text file, and connect to a number of different remote machines to update an environment variable. Is this something that can be done using Windows PowerShell? -- ES Hello ES, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to know how to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to create a series of text files on my Windows 7 computer. Here is the deal: I would like to create a large number of text files that contain basic information and would be used for...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to read from the Windows event logs. On our network, we have a mixture of Windows 7 and Windows XP desktop clients. Our server farm has everything from Windows Server 2003 up to Windows...
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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 8 of the 2010 Scripting Games.) Beginner Event 8 (Windows PowerShell) Arnaud Petitjean System Architect and Windows PowerShell trainer Windows PowerShell MVP Co-Founder of the French Windows...
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(Note: These solutions were written for Advanced Event 8 .) Advanced Event 8 (Windows PowerShell) Lee Holmes is a developer on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell team, author of the Windows PowerShell Cookbook and Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference...
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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...
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( Note : These solutions were written for Advanced Event 6 of the 2010 Scripting Games.) Advanced Event 6 (Windows PowerShell) Andy Schneider is a systems engineer who works for Avanade in Seattle, Washington, USA. You can find his blog at http://get...