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Use PowerShell 3.0 to Find Enabled Windows 8 Features
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to find enabled Windows 8 features. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the neat things about...
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PowerTip: Create an ASCII File from Inside PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to create an ASCII file from inside Windows PowerShell. I want to create an ASCII text file to hold the results of the Get-Process cmdlet. How can this be done? a....
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Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell and BITS to Simplify Downloading Large Files
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows PowerShell BITS module to download large files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about my...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Create Color Output from Commands
Summary: Learn to use the Write-Host PowerShell cmdlet to create color output from commands. Someone told me the Write-Host cmdlet could create color output. Can you give me some samples of acceptable...
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Weekend Scripter: Automate Formatting Portable USB Drives with PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to automate formatting and copying data to USB drives. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we leave the...
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PowerTip: Check to See if a Command Completes Properly
Summary: Learn how to check for proper completion of a Windows PowerShell command. How can I tell if a Windows PowerShell command completes successfully? a. Query the $error...
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Three Cool PowerShell Service Tricks
Summary: Ed Wilson, the Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about three cool Windows PowerShell tricks for working with services. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It does not matter what ones...
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PowerTip: A Couple Quick PowerShell Array Tricks
Summary: Learn some quick tricks for using Windows PowerShell arrays. How can I split the following string in the $a variable? $a = "atl-ws-01,atl-ws-02,atl-ws-03,atl-ws-04" Use the split method :...
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Build Your SharePoint Internet Presence with PowerShell
Summary: Learn about using Windows PowerShell to automate SharePoint. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blog by Ryan Dennis. Ryan Dennis is a senior SharePoint engineer...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Help Build Paths
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to build a path to the system32 directory. I need to build a path to the Windows\system32 directory. How can I do this? Join-Path -path (get-item env:\windir).value...
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Create, Load and Use PowerShell Modules
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Chris Weaver, talks about creating loading and using Windows PowerShell modules. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Chris Weaver is going to share a preview of...
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PowerTip: Accessing System Values
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to ease access to system values. How can l print out the value of %systemroot%? a. (get-item Env:\systemroot).value b. $env:systemroot
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Finding Your Way with PowerShell Cmdlets
Summary: Guest blogger, Jason Walker, discusses finding the right Windows PowerShell cmdlet for the job. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the preview for Jason Walker’s...
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PowerTip: Display and Write Output
Summary: Learn to display output and write it to a text file. I need to display process output at the Windows PowerShell prompt and write that same output to a text file. How can I do this?...
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Understanding and Using Updatable PowerShell Help
Summary: Learn how to use the updatable Help feature in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is June Blender. June Blender is a senior programming...
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PowerTip: Display the Character for an ASCII Value
Summary: Learn a simple trick to display the character associated with an ASCII value. I would like to display the ascii character associated with the ascii value 56. How can I do this? [char]56
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Weekend Scripter: Discover the Power of WMI and PowerShell
Summary: Guest blogger, Brian Wilhite, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI in the enterprise. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Brian Wilhite is with us today to share a preview of...
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PowerTip: Discover Short PowerShell Aliases
Summary: Use wildcard characters to find Windows PowerShell cmdlet aliases. How can I display all one-letter Windows PowerShell cmdlet aliases? Get-Alias ?
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Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Manage Office 365
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to manage your Office 365 environment. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have as our guest blogger, Alan Byrne. Alan is the cofounder of Cogmotive...
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PowerTip: Displaying the value of pi
Summary: Learn to obtain the value of pi. How can I obtain the value of pi? a. [math]::pi b. 22/7
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