Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to display Windows Update messages from specific apps in Windows 8. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out how often I am getting Windows Update messages for various apps in Windows 8. It seems like I am having to update things quite often, but I want to make ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a quick event log status update. How can I quickly obtain a status update on my event logs? Things such as the retention policy, overflow action, and numbers of event in the logs? Use the Get-EventLog cmdlet with the * after it, as shown here. Get-EventLog...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find information about Windows 8 Modern App updates. Hey, Scripting Guy! I love my Windows 8 laptop, and I also love my Windows RT Surface. One of the things that is a bit annoying is that it seems every time I turn on the computer, or my Surface, ...
Summary: Learn about Windows PowerShell format files. Where can I get good information about the various *format.ps1xml files that Windows PowerShell uses? On Windows PowerShell 3.0, after you have updated Help by running the Update-Help command, use Help to display the format Help content. Here is the ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about two way-cool new Windows PowerShell parameters: Tail and Wait. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Some things in Windows PowerShell are just so cool that I get all carried away with them and lose focus on whatever I am supposed to be doing. It happens that way sometimes. Luckily, it...
