Posts under PowerShell tag.

How to manage Local Users and Groups using Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell can also be used to manage Local Users and Groups. This affirms to the principle of Windows 10 being a multiuser operating system. There are other GUI based utilities to manage Local Users and Groups. But some System […]

How to scale up or down CMD/PowerShell or any window using the mouse

Have you ever felt the need of scaling the PowerShell or CMD up and down before? Probably not, but some folks have. You see, it is not the type of task a lot of Windows 10 users would ever think […]

How to use Windows PowerShell to find information about Hard Drive

Windows PowerShell is a powerful utility that comes preinstalled on Windows 10. Microsoft has been pushing it hard to become useful for developers and IT professionals. Windows PowerShell can also be used to manage hard drive and SSDs. In this […]

PowerShell: File cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system

If PowerShell throws up an error message – File cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system, then you need to enable script running on your Windows 10 computer. The cause of this error comes to the […]

PowerShell script does not run as Scheduled Task – 0xFFFD0000 error

The Windows 10 Task Scheduler is a boon for a group of users who like to schedule different tasks and automate them. I use it all the time to schedule periodic execution of scripts and some programs to ensure my […]

How to disable Security Questions in Windows 10 using a PowerShell Script

In one of our earlier post, we talked about removing Security Questions from Windows 10. This post offers an alternative way of disabling the same via a PowerShell script. Update-AllUsersQA is a PowerShell script designed to remove or disable the […]

10 basic PowerShell commands that every Windows 10 user should know

Windows PowerShell is powerful and can do almost everything that a person wants on his computer. But the only problem is that it is a command line tool and does not have GUI. However, it can be helpful when the […]

Difference between Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell

Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7, all ship with Windows PowerShell out of the box. Along with it, came the Command Prompt which was a successor to MS-DOS Command line. Often the presence of two command line tools in one […]

Command Prompt commands and their equivalent command for PowerShell

PowerShell is Microsoft’s alternative to their own Command Prompt. Earlier, Microsoft announced that they will be open sourcing PowerShell and will be bringing it to recent versions of different Linux flavors like Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenSUSE, Fedora […]

How to run Windows Updates from Command Line in Windows 10

Windows Update is one of the most highlighted features of Windows 10. Because with the release of Windows 10, Windows was offered to the customers as a service rather than a product. Under the scenario of Software as a Service, […]

How to remotely check Disk Space on Windows computers

Many people tend to use multiple devices. This includes their smartphones, personal laptops, desktops in offices and homes. Even after a great cloud-based integration with the services like OneDrive, some simple things really need the physical presence of the user […]

Add or remove Run as Administrator to PS1 File Context Menu in Windows 10

The main security measure on any operating system is the privileges. This means that the execution of any process or simply a program can be done at various stages. Mostly, this decision is taken care of by the operating system […]

Remove built-in Windows 10 apps for all users using PowerShell Script

Since Windows 10 started rolling out, it came with pre-installed apps. Some of these apps are essential for consumers, while some apps are installed from advertisement perspective. There are multiple reasons why Microsoft adds apps even when you upgrade from […]

How to check Windows Update History using PowerShell

Windows systems are routinely updated with the latest patches to improve the performance of a system. Microsoft releases the service and patches as part of the free update service to enhance the Windows computing experience. These updates are automatically installed […]

Difference between PowerShell and PowerShell Core

Microsoft has released PowerShell Core, a new version of PowerShell. This new version of PowerShell is available on all the major computing platforms including Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Well, the latest version of Windows 10, comes out of the box […]

How to export Windows Services list using command line

You can use the Command Prompt or the Get-Service PowerShell cmdlet t0 generate a list of Running or Stopped Windows Services. This post will show you how you can generate a list of Windows Services running on your Windows 10/8/7 […]

PowerShell Module Browser site lets you search for cmdlets & packages

The Redmond based Microsoft Corporation has successfully turned on the PowerShell Module Browser site. Earlier this month, the Microsoft Docs team announced that PowerShell Module Browser, a web search page for finding PowerShell scripts and information to go live. PowerShell […]

Setting & enforcing PowerShell Security at Enterprise level

Microsoft developed Windows PowerShell for task automation and configuration management. It is based on.NET framework; while it includes a command-line shell and a scripting language. It does not help users to automate, but it also rapidly solves the complex administration […]

Is PowerShell really a vulnerability? Understanding PowerShell security.

Windows PowerShell is being used by many IT administrators across the globe. It is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft. With its help, administrators can perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems. However, recently, […]

How to open an elevated PowerShell prompt in Windows 10

Of late, Windows 10 users who have been facing some problems, may have read a lot of time, run this or that command in PowerShell to fix this or that problem. While most of us are familiar with the Command […]