A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...
Over the last few years, I have created a vast library of PowerShell scripts that I use to keep my servers healthy. These scripts do everything from monitoring disk health to helping me to reclaim ...
Task Scheduler is capable of much more than just running built-in Windows 11 functions. It can also be used to launch third-party apps. For example, in lieu of Disk Cleanup, I can schedule a run using ...
Windows PowerShell is a powerful terminal from Microsoft which allows you to automate and script tasks on Windows machines and interact with many of the applications available on them. It is a huge ...
PowerShell scripting doesn't have to haphazard. Here's how to tell PowerShell to build a script from the commands that you have already entered at the command line. Even though I've worked extensively ...
If you are like me, you probably switch between multiple command-line tools for your work, such as Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, and WSL for Linux workflows. Individually, these tools are ...
PowerShell is a vital task-automation and configuration management tool for Microsoft whose many features include making it possible for system administrators to connect to remote computers and run ...
Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...
Greg Shultz explains how to use the PowerCfg command to investigate Windows sleep states and the devices that support them. Soon after the publication of my last article, “Tweaking power options in ...