Working with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) information to retrieve essential information Part 3 of a 5 part series. Event logs These commands will work on the local machine or a machine across the network. Most of the EventLog comman… more »

Sorting, grouping, and formatting output Part 2 of a 5 part series. There is no difference between running PowerShell commands on the command line or running them in a script, so it's more like a Unix shell. PowerShell cmdlets have a 2 part name: a… more »

Working with processes, services, and event logs Windows 7 is the only operating system that has Windows PowerShell and PowerShell ISE (developer environment) fully installed. The rest of the operating systems either have nothing installed or just ha… more »

I was really tired of using Windows DOS command prompt and had heard of "Windows PowerShell" (cue thunder and lightening in the background). Had a hunt around and found the "Scripting with Windows PowerShell" 5 part video tutorial done by Ed Wilson who… more »