PowerShell is an interesting product, to be sure. It is not only Microsoft’s next generation administrative shell, it's a scripting language. One helpful feature is the ability to save a block of ...

Error handling is important when creating PowerShell scripts. A script that runs correctly once may not run correctly every time. There always seems to be some kind ...

One of the most welcome new features in PowerShell 7 is the ability to perform parallel execution of script blocks. This new parallel execution capability can drastically reduce the amount of time it ...

While blocking IP ranges works perfectly, blocking a website or domain is tricky. That’s because multiple IPs can be associated with the domain, and while you can prevent them, the DNS resolver can ...

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

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

Microsoft’s mighty Windows administration framework gets even better with the help of these resources. Most are free, and the three for-fee tools are well worth the cost. Ah, PowerShell. A simple blue ...

If you want to block NTLM attacks over SMB in Windows 11, here is how you can do that. An administrator can block all the NTLM attacks over Server Message Block with the help of the Local Group Policy ...

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 ...

There's a version of your Windows setup where files sort themselves, backups happen quietly in the background, and everything you copy is automatically saved for later. And the best part is that you ...