To open an elevated PowerShell prompt, in the taskbar search, type powershell. Now see the result of Windows PowerShell, which appears at the top. Right-click on it and select Run as Administrator.

Learning about the PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command is a good introduction to the time-savings that Powershell scripting can bring to server admins. The PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command—or, ...

You can use the GetBIOS PowerShell module to retrieve settings from various BIOS manufacturers on either a local or remote computer. This post will show you how to access computer BIOS settings using ...

Gone in seconds with the right PowerShell command.

PowerShell can save you a lot of time on Windows admin tasks, but to use it effectively you need to understand how it works. Here’s a crash course in Windows PowerShell scripting basics to get you ...

PowerShell is Microsoft's scripting language, now in its third iteration. It's an extremely powerful tool to use for automation work, system administration, working remotely on systems, or working on ...

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 ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

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 ...