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August 31, 2009Aug 31, 200908/31/09(Note: This post by Ed Wilson originally appeared on the Microsoft Press Blog.)
I finished writing my Windows PowerShell Best Practices book for Microsoft Press. I do not have all of the statistics available (number of words, number of figures, number of scripts and those type of numbers) but one value stands out clearly in my mind—one year.
August 31, 2009Aug 31, 200908/31/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I know this may sound like a strange question, but I would like to create a graphical user interface for a Windows PowerShell script. I could do these kinds of things using a HTML Application (HTA) file,
August 28, 2009Aug 28, 200908/28/09
Troubleshooting the Use of a WMI Class
Hey, Scripting Guy! When we try to work with the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class on either Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, we run into a problem with our WMI script because of the way we were connecting to the instance of the class by using the key.
August 27, 2009Aug 27, 200908/27/09
Hey Scripting Guy! We are currently beta testing Microsoft Office 2010. It is awesome by the way, and I need to figure out what version of Word we have installed on our computers. I know there are different versions, and I would like to get some kind of inventory before we do the upgrade.
August 26, 2009Aug 26, 200908/26/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I need to generate a list of hotfixes that are installed on my servers. I have 100 servers on the network for which I am responsible. Each of the server names is listed in a text file called servers.txt.
August 25, 2009Aug 25, 200908/25/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I am wondering about something. I was looking on the Script Center Script Gallery, and I came across a pretty cool script that lists items that are in the user’s profile. It is in VBScript. Can you translate it to Windows PowerShell for me?
August 24, 2009Aug 24, 200908/24/09(Note: This post by Ed Wilson originally appeared on the Microsoft Press Blog.)
As we have been busy at the TechNet Script Center with our migration to the blog and bringing the Script Gallery online, I have been giving a lot of thought to organizing the keywords/tags that are used to provide quick links to groups of topics.
August 24, 2009Aug 24, 200908/24/09
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am looking for a script that will list program identifiers on my computer. Have one of those?
— CG
Hello CG,
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is interesting you ask for a script that will list program identifiers on your computer.
August 21, 2009Aug 21, 200908/21/09(This post was initially made on the Microsoft Press Blog.)
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. At long last we have a real Script Gallery for the Script Center. This was a project that was in the planning stages for nearly a year.
August 21, 2009Aug 21, 200908/21/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I am working on a Windows PowerShell script, and I would like to pause the script for three minutes and then resume it. I know I can use the Start-Sleep cmdlet to halt script execution, but I would like to give a visual indication that the script is waiting,
