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Talk Like a Pirate—The Video
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks a bit about the script he wrote to translate pirate speech by using Invoke-WebRequest.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I present a...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Determine Host
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find your PowerShell host. How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine what PowerShell host is being used? Use the Get-Host cmdlet. To get only the name of the...
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Break Text File into Chunks with PowerShell
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about breaking the contents of a text file into chunks with Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! The other day, you tweeted Get First 140...
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PowerTip: Find Number of Hours in Number of Days
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the number of hours in a number of days. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily figure out how many hours are in 30 days without doing any...
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Extending Objects with PowerShell: Week of the Year
Summary: Ed Wilson talks about adding members to an object with Windows PowerShell to get the week of the year.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about Windows...
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PowerTip: Get Week of Year with PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get the week of the year. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find how many weeks are left in the current year—without doing lot of math or...
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The Death of PowerShell Scripting
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the reduced need to use Windows PowerShell scripting.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you...
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PowerTip: Get Specific Service Information with PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get specific service information. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find information about services, if I do not want to include any service...
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A Tale of Two PowerShell Cmdlets
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to explore classic event logs.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. When you get to version five of anything,...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Get Events for Specific Day
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get event log events that occur on a specific day. How can I use Windows PowerShell to get application event log events that occur only on Sept. 24, 2015? Use the...
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September PowerShell Spotlight
Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Teresa Wilson, talks about events happening in the world of PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is the last Saturday of the month again, and the...
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PowerTip: Finding PowerShell User Groups
Summary: Learn how to find out about Windows PowerShell user groups. Where can I find out about local or virtual user groups? Check out these sites to find information about when and where user groups...
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Weekend Scripter: Parsing the DISM Log with PowerShell
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about parsing the DISM log with Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I like to do on weekends is mess...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Approved Verb
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find an approved verb. I want to write a new function that will connect a young Jedi Knight to the force by using the noun TheForce and the verb Use. How...
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Use PowerShell to Create Windows To Go Keys—Part 1
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to identify Windows To Go devices. Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve heard a lot of talk about Windows To Go amongst the IT pros at our local user group. I was wondering how I...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Identify Bootable Disks
Summary: Use the Get-Disk cmdlet to identify all bootable devices that are attached. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see which USB devices are set to be bootable on my workstation? Use the Get-Disk...
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Use PowerShell to Create Windows To Go Keys—Part 2
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to partition a Windows To Go device. Hey, Scripting Guy! Am I able to use Windows PowerShell to set up the necessary partitions to prepare a Window To Go key?—LL Hello...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Where Drive Letter is Stored
Summary: Use the Get-Partition and Get-Disk cmdlets to identify data storage locations. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily figure out which disk a particular drive letter is on? Use...
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Use PowerShell to Create Windows To Go Keys—Part 3
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to apply an image to a Windows To Go key and make it bootable. Hey, Scripting Guy! Now that I have a Windows To Go key partitioned and formatted for use, how do I apply...
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PowerTip: Launch Console Command Embedded in Powershell Variable
Summary: Use a variable to launch a Windows PowerShell cmdlet and maintain the value of $LastExitCode. How can I use Windows PowerShell to launch a variable that contains the path to a console...
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