A simple four-line script unexpectedly returned a host of errors for Brien. The issue turned out to be deceptively simple. While writing my previous column, I ran ...

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script that helps Windows 10 users securely contribute their computer's unused processing power to Folding@home. Distributed-computing disease research project ...

In today’s cloud-centric world, we’re seeing an explosion in the number of servers under IT management. Virtual machines made servers cheap, and containers will push prices down further. As a result, ...

Whether you've just bought a new Windows 11 PC or you've had to start fresh on your existing one, it can be a hassle to get everything set up how you like it again. Installing all your apps is a ...

In one of our earlier post, we talked about removing Security Questions from Windows. This post offers an alternative way of disabling the same via a PowerShell script. Update-AllUsersQA is a ...

PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks. It has backward compatibility with CMD and can automate simple or complex tasks. Because of ...

In the 12 years since Microsoft released PowerShell, it has become the de facto tool to dependably administer servers. In August of 2016, it was made open-source and cross-platform with the ...

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BurntToast is an open-source PowerShell module that generates standard toast notifications that appear in the bottom-right corner. The module supports Windows 10 and newer versions as well as Windows ...