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Use PowerShell to Identify Your Real Network Adapter
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to identify easily the real network adapter. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem that perhaps you can assist with. I know about WMI, and I know there is...
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Easily Compare Two Folders by Using PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson illustrates how to compare two folders by using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is an absolutely beautiful day in Charlotte,...
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Use a PowerShell Cmdlet to Count Files, Words, and Lines
Summary: Learn how to use a powerful Windows PowerShell cmdlet to count words and lines in files, or to count files. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The weekend is halfway over in Charlotte,...
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Cool PowerShell Game Teaches Cmdlet Names
Summary: Learn Windows PowerShell cmdlet names by taking the Dr. Scripto Challenge. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I are on a road trip in Canada. We had a wonderful...
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Use PowerShell Parameter Attributes to Avoid Errors
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell parameter attributes to avoid input errors in a function. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. This week is great. The Scripting Wife and I are enjoying meeting...
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Create a PowerShell Quiz Script
Summary: Learn how to use hash tables and create a Windows PowerShell quiz script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. For the past several days, I have been building a Windows PowerShell cmdlet...
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Add Random Question Features to a PowerShell Game
Summary: Learn how to add random question features to a Windows PowerShell script game. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I have really enjoyed Ottawa. The class I am...
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Create a PowerShell Quiz by Reading a Text File
Summary: Learn how to create a Windows PowerShell hash table from a text file. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Our Canadian trek continues. We got to meet with Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney and...
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Easily Create a PowerShell Hash Table
Summary: Learn how to automatically populate a hash table in a Windows PowerShell script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. A hash table is an important data structure in Windows PowerShell....
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Dealing with PowerShell Hash Table Quirks
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to deal with two Windows PowerShell hash table quirks. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Our week in Ottawa draws to a close. We leave for...
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Easily Remove Columns from a CSV File by Using PowerShell
Summary: Use a super simple, one-line command to remove columns easily from a CSV file using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a CSV file from which I need only two of eight columns. Can...
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Convert a Semicolon-Delimited File to a CSV File
Summary: Learn how to convert easily a semicolon delimited file into a CSV file using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem at work, and I hope you can help. We have an application...
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Use PowerShell to Find the Top Values Returned by WMI
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to slice and dice WMI data in an easy, SQL-like fashion. Hey, Scripting Guy! Does the WMI select statement have any other clauses like SQL does? For...
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Use the Set-WmiInstance PowerShell Cmdlet to Ease Configuration
Summary: Learn how to use the Set-WmiInstance Windows PowerShell cmdlet to ease configuration of computers. Hey, Scripting Guy! I was using the Get-Command cmdlet to look at what things I can do with...
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Create a Really Cool PowerShell ISE Profile
Summary: Learn how to create a powerful Windows PowerShell ISE profile by running a single script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the problems with writing a daily blog is that after...
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Use a PowerShell Function to Find Specific WMI Classes
Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell function to find WMI classes with specific qualifiers. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. In Thursday’s article, I talked about using the Set-WmiInstance cmdlet...
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Focus on the Object
Summary: In today’s guest article, Microsoft PowerShell MVP Shane Hoey reminds us to focus on the object. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today we have a guest article by Windows PowerShell MVP...
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A PowerShell WMI Helper Module Described
Summary: In this article, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson begins part 1 of a multipart WMI helper function module for Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. While I was...
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Use PowerShell to Easily Find the Key Property of a WMI Class
Summary: Learn how to find the key property of a WMI class by using a Windows PowerShell function. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well, I received a decent amount of feedback about version 1...
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Use a PowerShell Function to Get WMI Key Property Values
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses his version 3 of a Windows PowerShell WMI helper module. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have really enjoyed working on my HSGWMIModule...
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