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• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 9: Use a PowerShell Function to Simplify Logging in Your Scripts

  Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Arnaud Pettijean, shows how to create a function to simplify script logging while solving 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 9. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Arnaud Pettijean is our expert commentator for... Posted Apr 28 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Advanced, files, Scripting Guy!, Event 9, Scripting Techniques, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 9:Use a PowerShell Function to Simplify Script Logging

  Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Jonathan Medd, shows beginners how to create a function to simplify script logging in Event 9 of the 2011 Scripting Games. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Jonathan Medd to provide his solution... Posted Apr 28 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, files, Scripting Guy!, Event 9, Scripting Techniques, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 8: Use PowerShell to Resize Images and to Remove EXIF Data

  Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Marc van Orsouw, resizes images and removes EXIF metadata while solving 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Marc van Orsouw (MoW) is our expert commentator for Advanced Event... Posted Apr 27 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Advanced, Graphics, multimedia, Scripting Guy!, Event 8, graphical, Scripting Techniques, 2011 Scripting Games

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 8: Use PowerShell to Write Disk File Information for Excel

  Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Doug Finke, gathers file information and writes it to a CSV file that is readable in Excel while solving 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Doug Finke is the expert commentator... Posted Apr 27 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows PowerShell, files, Scripting Guy!, Event 8, Scripting Techniques, Guest Blogger, getting started, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 7: Use PowerShell and Regex to Get Twitter IDs from a Web Page

  Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Tome Tanasovski, uses regular expressions to get Twitter IDs from a web page while solving Advanced Event 7 in 2011 Scripting Games. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Tome Tanasovski is the expert commentator... Posted Apr 26 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, regular expressions, Scripting Guy!, Scripting Techniques, Advanced Event 7, 2011 Scripting Games, downloading files, using the Internet

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 7: Use PowerShell to Get the Number of Days Between Dates

  Summary : Microsoft PFE, Michael Frommhold, uses Windows PowerShell to get the number of days between two dates as he solves Beginner Event 7 in one line of code. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Michael Frommhold is the author for the expert... Posted Apr 26 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Event 7, Scripting Techniques, Guest Blogger, dates and times, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 6: Use PowerShell to Get Twitter IDs from a Web Page

  Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell senior software engineer, Lee Holmes, solves 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 6 and gets Twitter IDs from a web page. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Lee Holmes as our expert commentator... Posted Apr 25 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Advanced, regular expressions, Scripting Guy!, Event 6, Scripting Techniques, 2011 Scripting Games, downloading files, using the Internet

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 6: Parse the Windows Update Log for Errors with PowerShell

  Summary : Microsoft MVP, Sean Kearney, uses Windows PowerShell to solve 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 6 and parse the Windows update log for errors. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Sean Kearney to provide his solution for... Posted Apr 25 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Event 6, Scripting Techniques, Guest Blogger, text files, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner

• Modify the PowerShell ISE to Remove Aliases from Scripts

  Summary : In this weekend scripter blog, learn how to modify the Windows PowerShell ISE so that it automatically removes aliases from a script. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. The PowerShell Deep Dive in Las Vegas, Nevada was... Posted Apr 24 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Weekend Scripter, Windows PowerShell ISE

• Use Regular Expression Pattern when Parsing PowerShell Script

  Summary : Part three in the series about replacing Windows PowerShell aliases with full cmdlet names uses a regular expression pattern and the tokenizer. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. With the final scripts uploaded for... Posted Apr 23 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, regular expressions, Scripting Guy!, Scripting Techniques, Weekend Scripter, writing scripts

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 5: Use PowerShell to Get Information Prior to Windows Upgrade

  Summary : Microsoft MVP, Richard Siddaway, solves 2011 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games Advanced Event 5 and gets information prior to a Windows upgrade. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Richard Siddaway is our expert commentator today. Here... Posted Apr 22 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Hardware, Windows PowerShell, Advanced, Scripting Guy!, Event 5, basic hardware and firmware, 2011 Scripting Games

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 5: Use PowerShell Objects to Gather Basic Computer Information

  Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks solves 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 5, and returns objects with desktop configuration information. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Jeffery Hicks as our expert commentator... Posted Apr 22 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Event 5, Desktop Management, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner, General Mgmt. Tasks

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 4: Use PowerShell to Find Services Hiding in the SvcHost Process

  Summary : Microsoft research software developer, Chris O'Prey, solves Windows PowerShell 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 4 and finds services that are running in the SvcHost process. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. With us today with... Posted Apr 21 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Advanced, operating system, Processes, services, Scripting Guy!, 2011 Scripting Games, Event 4

• Expert Solution for the 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 4: Use PowerShell to Identify Non-Standard Windows Service Accounts

  Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP Tobias Weltner solves 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 4 and finds nonstandard Windows service accounts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for Beginner Event 4 is Dr. Tobias... Posted Apr 21 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, operating system, services, Scripting Guy!, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner, Event 4

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 3: Use PowerShell to Get Latest Entries from All Windows Event Logs

  Summary : Microsoft software development engineer, Rajesh Ravindranath, uses Windows PowerShell to solve 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 3 and query from all Windows Event Logs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for... Posted Apr 20 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Advanced, Scripting Guy!, Event 3, Guest Blogger, event logs, Logs and monitoring, 2011 Scripting Games

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 3: Use PowerShell to Get Information about Windows Event Logs

  Summary : Windows PowerShell MVP, Kirk Munro, solves the 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 3 by getting information about event logs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have Kirk Munro as our expert commentator for Beginner Event 3.... Posted Apr 20 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Event 3, Scripting Techniques, Guest Blogger, event logs, Logs and monitoring, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner

• Expert Solution for the 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 2: Use PowerShell to Identify Services Dependent on Windows

  Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP Brandon Shell solves 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 2, and identifies Windows service dependencies. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today Brandon Shell offers his solution to the Windows PowerShell 2011... Posted Apr 19 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Advanced, Scripting Guy!, Event 2, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 2: Use PowerShell to Find Windows Services You Can Pause

  Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Shane Hoey, solves 2011 Scripting Games Event 2 by finding services that he can pause. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for Beginner Event 2 is Shane Hoey. This is what Shane... Posted Apr 19 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Event 2, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner, operating system services

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 1:Use PowerShell to Find Process Module Versions

  Summary : Guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, solves 2011 Scripting Games advanced Event 1 and finds process module versions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we start two weeks of expert commentators’ solutions for the 2011 Scripting... Posted Apr 18 2011, 02:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Advanced, operating system, Processes, Scripting Guy!, Event 1, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games

• Expert Solution for 2011 Scripting Games Beginner Event 1: Use PowerShell to Determine if a Process Is a Private Build

  Summary : Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Thomas Lee, solves 2011 Scripting Games beginner event 1 by finding private build processes. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for Beginner Event 1 is Dr. Thomas Lee. Here is Thomas'... Posted Apr 18 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, operating system, Processes, Scripting Guy!, Event 1, Guest Blogger, 2011 Scripting Games, Beginner

• Using the PowerShell Tokenizer to Find Commands in Text

  Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell tokenizer to parse text and identify commands. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. There are still five days for you to submit your entries for the 2011 Scripting... Posted Apr 17 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Scripting Techniques, running, string manipulation

• Create a Hash Table with PowerShell Aliases and Definitions

  Summary : In preparation for creating a Windows PowerShell ISE add-on to automatically remove aliases, Scripting Guy Ed Wilson builds a hash table with alias definitions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It has finally happened, I unveiled the... Posted Apr 16 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Scripting Techniques, arrays hashtables and dictionary objects

• Discover Which PowerShell Providers Support Credentials

  Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to discover which Windows PowerShell providers support credentials. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. When I was in Redmond, Washington a couple of weeks ago teaching a Windows PowerShell class... Posted Apr 03 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Scripting Techniques, getting started, Weekend Scripter

• Scripting Wife Learns About Unblocking Files in PowerShell

  Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to unblock files that are downloaded from the Internet by using Windows PowerShell and a Sysinternals tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is two days until the 2011 Scripting Games kick off. Things... Posted Apr 02 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Storage, Windows PowerShell, files, Scripting Guy!, Scripting Techniques, running, modules, Scripting Wife, downloading files, using the Internet

• Scripting Wife Uses PowerShell to Shut Down Computers

  Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to shut down remote computers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is raining outside and every so often a window-shaking thunder clap erupts outside, jarring the teeth of everyone... Posted Apr 01 2011, 02:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Guy!, Desktop Management, general management tasks, Scripting Wife