Showing archive results for September 2014

Summary: Guest blogger, Vinay Pamnani, talks about a cool new WMI tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the absolutely greatest things about working for Microsoft is the chance to meet (even virtually) and interact with really smart people who absolutely love technology. I recently ran across a post by Vinay (todays guest blogge...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes related to services that reveal start mode.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find a WMI class that will help me identify how services are starting?  Use the Get-CimClass cmdlet, use a wildcard character for the name, and specify StartMode       &nbs...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using WMI to find out how services start.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I was looking at the processes on my workstation, and I see lots of things running. I suspect many of these are actually services. But I am wondering how I can use Windows PowerShell to find services that start automatically....

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to cast to the WMI UInt value type.  I am comparing data from WMI, and it seems strange. I found the value type is a UInt32, and when I looked it up, I found that it is an unsigned 32-bit integer. How can I use Windows PowerShell to create one of these?  Use [uint32] and cast your normal...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to obtain basic operating system information.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to check on computers on my network to find out the operating system, service pack level, and whether the computer has been rebooted in the last 30 days. Can you help with this? &md...