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Simulating a PowerShell Demo

Posted on July 13, 2015

A number of years ago I published my version of a Start-Demo script. In my version, I can create a text file with all of the commands I want to run. It might look like this: Get-Date get-ciminstance win32_logicaldisk | select DeviceID,Size,Freespace :: get-service | where {$_.status -eq ‘running’} | Select Name,Status | Format-Table -autosize…

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Start-TypedDemo

Posted on May 3, 2011May 27, 2011

As you know, I do a lot of presenting and training. Normally I use the ubiquitous Start-Demo function to run through a demo list of commands. Most of this time this works just fine. But when I’m doing videos, especially for a video project, I want the viewer to focus on the command and not…

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Friday Fun Virtual Demos

Posted on March 11, 2011September 11, 2013

I’ve been prepping my demo scripts for Techmentor using the ubiquitous Start-Demo, and realized I could take things further. I mean, why do I have to do all the talking? Windows 7 has a terrific text to speech engine so why not take advantage of it. With a little work I could create a virtual…

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