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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Increase Performance by Slowing Down Your PowerShell Script

February 3, 2012 Feb 3, 2012 02/3/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented earlier this week. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script three days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet. Although the script did an ...

Speed Up Excel Automation with PowerShell

February 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012 02/1/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented yesterday. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script yesterday to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet. Although the script did an adequate job for a small ...

Beat the Auditors, Be One Step Ahead with PowerShell

January 31, 2012 Jan 31, 2012 01/31/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, opens his security assessment toolbox to discuss a Windows PowerShell script he uses to look at Windows services. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges is one of my best friends, and I had a chance to work with him again during my recent Canadian ...

Create and Parse Performance Monitor Logs with PowerShell

July 29, 2011 Jul 29, 2011 07/29/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to create and parse performance monitor logs by using Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if I can use Windows PowerShell to create a performance counter log that I can use in Perfmon? —CS (image) Hello CS, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. After I finished giving ...

Use Performance Counter Sets and PowerShell to Ease Baselining

July 28, 2011 Jul 28, 2011 07/28/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson teaches how to use performance counter sets with Windows PowerShell to simplify profiling a system. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if there is an easier way to work with performance counters? For example, rather than having to pick out a whole bunch of counters, are there groups of ...

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