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 ...

If you want to delete or create a scheduled task on Windows 11/10 using Windows PowerShell, this tutorial will help you do that. You do not have to open Task Scheduler to create the scheduled task.

Tom Fenton details step-by-step directions to configure Windows 10 to allow running Task Scheduler and how to set up an automated task to run a PowerShell script every four hours. Recently I had a ...

Most of the time when writing ad-hoc PowerShell scripts, you'll most likely be writing synchronous tasks. These are tasks that run in serial which inherently wait for the previous task to complete ...

From checking systems to see if security patches are installed to monitoring Windows Server Backup attempts, PowerShell scripts can make tedious IT administrative tasks quick and easy. I’ve written a ...

Most IT admins use PowerShell for scripting and automation, but it's not just for IT specialists—anyone dealing with messy folders needs these commands. I use them to track down old code, organize ...

This is a simple question that will probably be easy for you to answer. I know I could Google a code snippet to do what I need to do. I hope that, more than giving me the right code, you can explain ...

I've come to a point where the script does what is needed, grabs data, generates html, fires off email etc properly, and I tried scheduling it under a service account. I've made a batch file that ...

If you work in IT, chances are PowerShell is already part of your daily routine. You might use it to check a service, pull system information, or automate a task that would otherwise take several ...