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Weekend Scripter: Query the Bing Search Engine from a PowerShell Script

January 16, 2011 Jan 16, 2011 01/16/11
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  Summary: Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney shows how to use the Bing web services API from inside a Windows PowerShell script.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney is back with us today as he continues to share with us his discoveries while playing. Read more about Sean in the introduction on this blog post. Let us see ...

Weekend Scripter: Download Lyrics for Your Favorite Song with PowerShell

January 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011 01/1/11
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  Summary: Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell function to download lyrics for your favorite songs.   Retrieving song lyrics with Windows PowerShell Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Well it is New Year’s day in Charlotte, North Carolina. This year, or perhaps I should say last year, the Scripting Wife and I did not ...

Windows PowerShell, Invalid Certificates, and Automated Downloading

July 25, 2010 Jul 25, 2010 07/25/10
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Summary: If a trusted website has an expired or self-signed certificate, you must ignore the error to use Windows PowerShell with the website.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Years ago I used to teach MCSE training classes and one of my favorites was a course on troubleshooting. Because I was a consultant by day and instructor ...