The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.
New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to import and to export command history and avoid writing scripts.
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have worked with other systems where I was able to keep track of the commands that I typed into the console. The neat thing about that was that I could export my commands, and import them ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses when to write a Windows PowerShell script and when not to write a script.
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering why everyone is talking about Windows PowerShell. To me it seems to simply be another scripting language, and I do not know why I should worry about it. I ...
[Disclaimer: this is a reprint of a previously published article from the TechNet Script Center FunZone. The FunZone was not migrated from our old platform. It is printed here due to popular demand.]
This is part three of a three part series of articles about using VBScript to script iTunes. The first article was published last Sunday, ...
[Disclaimer: this is a reprint of an old Scripting Guys article from the TechNet Script Center FunZone. The FunZone was not migrated from our old platform. It is printed here due to popular demand.]
This is part two of a three part series of articles about scripting iTunes with VBScript. See last Sundays article for part one.
Bonus ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to add local users to local groups using Windows PowerShell.
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have enjoyed your posts this week. It is amazing how often I need to enable the Local Administrator account, or create a new local user or group. One thing you have left out, however, is ...