These four PowerShell commands help me quickly find connection problems, troubleshoot DNS, and fix common Windows networking ...

When automating a tedious task or building an entire automation framework, a frequent problem arises when you must install software. Before you can install the software you must first somehow get the ...

If you own a Windows 11/10 PC, you might have installed many programs over time but it’s a little bit tricky to remember all of them. In this post, we will show you how to get the list of all ...

There's two ways to accomplish this task: the wrong way and the right way. Here's how to do both. If there is one thing an administrator finds themselves doing, it is probably determining what ...

Microsoft has made it easier for IT admins to manage Windows backup data, but there are a few things to understand before you ...

Managing permissions on files and folders can be an enormous time drain for IT professionals. Users have home folders, departments have proprietary folders, projects have unique folders — the list ...

What malware does Windows Defender recognize? Learn how to use PowerShell’s Defender cmdlets to peek inside the malware signature definitions database. In last week’s article, How to get more from ...

Late last week Microsoft issued a new build of Windows 10 to its 'Insiders'. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14971 for PC was released to the fast ring and made a change to a long standing constant ...

You can buy dedicated synchronization tools, but they don’t always offer the level of flexibility some teams need. A well-built PowerShell script lets you create a setup that fits your exact ...

A simple PowerShell script can inventory installed applications and help determine what stays and what goes during a PC refresh.