On Windows 11 (and Windows 10), PowerShell is a powerful command-line interface designed to run commands and scripts that automate tasks and manage system settings. While it serves a similar purpose ...

Make sure to save your work on any of the distros you are working on as it will close when you restart the WSL service. You can start WSL again by clicking on the application icon on the Desktop or ...

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 ...

We get it. From the outside, PowerShell can appear to be an incredibly powerful tool that only the most hardened IT pros can wield. But that just is not the case. Petri Paavola and his 20-plus years ...

Recently, I have been hard at work building the lab environment that will be used for a video training course that I am about to create. Like many of the lab environments that I have used in the past, ...

A precise approach to everyday Windows breakdowns.

Storage is a finite IT asset, and organizations can’t get enough of it. Businesses are consuming more storage every day, and it’s up to IT to keep up. Rather than consistently add expensive new ...

Although Amazon has long provided various methods for accessing AWS services from the command line, one of the best options involves using the AWS Tools for PowerShell to make AWS services accessible ...

Use PowerShell a group of servers when their registration properties are different from what you would ordinarily keep, or when it’s changing constantly. In other words, if you have certain server ...

Last month the White House issued a recommendation that everyone change their password as a way of preventing a potential breach. Although such a request sounds simple enough, enforcing password ...