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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find detailed Windows profile information. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am in a bind. I need to find out who is using what profile on a desktop computer. I also need to find...
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find servers that need to be rebooted. Hey, Scripting Guy! My boss is a Falstaff sort of character , but every once in a while he does actually have a good idea. When...
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to detect the power state on his laptop and to set the appropriate power plan. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This evening in Oslo, Norway, the Scripting Wife...
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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...
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06-20-2012
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, desktop management, events and monitoring, troubleshooting, networking, client-side management, General Mgmt Tasks
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Summary : In Advanced Event 9, you are required to perform a hardware inventory and write the information to an XML file. About this event Division Advanced Date of Event 4/12/2012 12:01 AM Due Date 4/19/2012 12:01 AM Event scenario You are a network...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get software installation locations, and to uninstall software from remote computers. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a dumb application that we have to use at work. The company has released a new version of...
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Summary : Create a custom object from WMI to display processor and operating system information using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! Your script yesterday was pretty cool. However, in addition to obtaining information about the processor, I also...
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09-27-2011
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Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, operating system, desktop management, WMI, running, Service Packs and Hot Fixes, basic computer information, receiving input, version information
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Summary : Learn how to get the number of processor cores via WMI and Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to perform an audit of computers on our network. Specifically, I am tasked with obtaining CPU information. I need the processor speed,...
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Summary : Learn how to use the BSonPoSH Windows PowerShell module to check Active Directory replication and other tasks. Hey, Scripting Guy! Your article yesterday left me wondering. If there are so many cool things in the BSonPoSH module, why did you...
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Summary : Learn how to use the BSonPoSH Windows PowerShell module to simplify Active Directory management tasks. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if there are any modules that can help me with routine, daily administration tasks. I really hate to re...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to check disk space used by logs, and to clear those logs to reclaim space. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I found as I was researching ways to enable and to disable the ETW trace...
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Summary : Learn how to use a free Windows PowerShell module to avoid writing WMI scripts to get common administrator information. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things that is really cool about Windows PowerShell modules, is that you...
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Summary : Learn how to combine Windows PowerShell modules to save time and reduce scripting overhead. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the cool things about Windows PowerShell modules is that they are easy to share. In addition, because...
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Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys talk about turning three scripts into a single module to configure basic desktop tasks. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have spent the last several days building a new computer. The following photo shows...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to add commands to the Windows Explorer command bar in Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Did you ever have one of those times when a seemingly simple project...