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Kirk Munro

Learn more about PowerShell at TechEd 2011

TechEd North America 2011 is coming up fast next month, so I wanted to let you know how you can learn more about PowerShell while at the conference. PowerShell has continually had a great presence at TechEd events, and this year is no exception. Just searching the TechEd schedule builder using the …

Kirk Munro

Earth Day 2011 "“ PowerGUI® Style!

Today is Earth Day 2011, and you can celebrate your green side in style with the latest PowerGUI® wallpaper. As an ecoholic myself, this wallpaper is definitely among my favorites. Show your Earth Day pride, and download this beautiful desktop wallpaper today! If it doesn"™t suit your style, …

Kirk Munro

The 2011 Scripting Games have begun!

Today marks the beginning of Microsoft"™s 2011 Scripting Games. The Scripting Games are a great way to have fun learning more about Windows PowerShell. There are even great prizes available to be won. There are 10 events, with a beginner and an advanced category for each event. To participate, …

Kirk Munro

Happy 4th Birthday PowerGUI®!

Today is PowerGUI"™s 4th birthday, and what would a birthday be without cake? The awesome graphic artists that provide me with all of our fun desktop wallpaper for PowerGUI have done it again with a new desktop wallpaper image to celebrate PowerGUI"™s birthday. You can download it from the …

Kirk Munro

PowerGUI® Spring 2011 Desktop Wallpaper

Spring is here already, and even though it doesn"™t seem like it"™s Spring everywhere just yet (it has been snowing most of the day here in Ottawa), with the change in seasons comes a change in desktop wallpaper. The Spring 2011 wallpaper for PowerGUI Pro and PowerGUI is now available: To …

Keith Hill

MVP Summit 2011

Testing out my first WordPress blog post after the switch from Windows Live Spaces (sniff, I will miss you) to WordPress. Regarding the MVP Summit last week, I can"™t really talk about much due to just about everything being NDA, NDA, NDA! I will say that I"™m excited about the future of …

Keith Hill

Make-PS1ExeWrapper

Occasionally folks want to be able to create an EXE from PoweShell. PowerShell can"™t do this by itself but this can be done with PowerShell script. Essentially what you can do is create a simple console EXE program that embeds the script as a resource and the EXE, upon loading retrieves the …