It is a great big pile of utility goodness in the form of "cmdlets" with full access to .NET thrown in. It's all good for parsing/transmogrifying data.

I'll second the idea of using PowerShell, assuming you are a. on the Windows platform and b. not running Windows XP. I needed to code a similar utility to process a monthly revenue report. Nothing to it ... I am also a faux-grammer :-O .

Client Hyper-V Windows to Go Now that I know how to use it, I would actually miss the start screen. Integrated search - at the start screen, you just type. Results are sorted into files, apps, and settings. Bitchin'. File History - configurable, keeps track of versions and content. Bitchin' Storage Spaces - useful, create storage group from every old drive you have laying around