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Microsoft's engineering teams are quietly reshaping the Windows server and automation stack in 2026, directing focused investment into PowerShell, Windows OpenSSH, and Desired State Configuration (DSC) to prioritize security, reliability, and modern authentication—changes that matter to...

Microsoft’s Exchange Online team is deprecating the long-standing -Credential parameter in Exchange Online PowerShell — a change that administrators must treat as urgent rather than optional. The company’s guidance (and the wider MFA/ROPC narrative) makes clear that the legacy Resource Owner...

When your most trusted PowerShell tools are Windows‑centric but your day‑to‑day workstation is Linux, the mismatch isn't theoretical — it’s an operational problem that forces a fork in how you deliver automation. You can try to bend the platform to your scripts, or you can bend the scripts to...

Create a Scheduled PC Cleanup: Temp Files + Recycle Bin Using Task Scheduler (Win10/11) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20 minutes A PC that’s used daily quietly accumulates clutter: temporary files, leftover update caches, app temp folders, and a Recycle Bin that never gets emptied...

If you’re still clicking through menus to clear space, reset networking, or launch a familiar suite of apps, a handful of tiny text files can save you minutes every day. How-To Geek’s recent primer on “7 useful batch files you can create to automate tasks on Windows 11” walks through seven...

I ran a single PowerShell script and, within minutes, the noisy pieces of Windows 11 that had nagged me for months—telemetry pings, pinned promotional apps, taskbar widgets and search that insisted on web results—were pared back to a clean, usable desktop that felt like mine again. Background /...

Jeffrey Snover has quietly closed a long chapter in enterprise IT: the architect best known as the father of PowerShell is reported to have retired, leaving behind a technical legacy that reshaped systems administration and automation for Windows and the broader datacenter era. The news, first...

A new, community-built PowerShell project promises a blunt but effective way to strip much of Windows 11’s recently added AI surface — Copilot, Recall, AI features inside Paint and Notepad, plus a raft of Appx/MSIX packages — and the resulting debate is as much about system stewardship and...

A compact, community-built PowerShell project called RemoveWindowsAI has rapidly become the go-to tool for Windows 11 users who want to disable or remove built‑in AI features such as Copilot, Recall, Image Creator/Studio Effects, and a raft of background services — and its rise underscores a...

Windows Server “Longhorn” wasn’t merely a codename and a set of screenshots — it was the inflection point where Microsoft rethought how Windows would be administered, secured, and automated in the datacenter, and the archived PCMag image gallery serves as a useful time capsule for that...

Windows 11 users who want an AI-free desktop now have a community-made tool that goes well beyond the built‑in toggles: a free PowerShell script called RemoveWindowsAI can remove Copilot, Recall, and a broad set of Microsoft’s built‑in AI entry points, then attempt to stop Windows Update from...

The Longhorn-era screenshots and management-console previews that once circulated as “Windows Server ‘Longhorn’” remain essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand how Microsoft remade its server roadmap in the mid-2000s — and why that remaking still shapes Windows Server design today...

A compact, community-built PowerShell toolkit called RemoveWindowsAI has rapidly become the go-to shortcut for Windows 11 users who want to strip Copilot, Recall, and a broad sweep of built‑in AI surfaces from their PCs — but its convenience comes with real, measurable risks for update...

A single‑click PowerShell tool that strips Windows 11 of its newly integrated AI components has crystallized into a one‑stop solution for power users who want the old, quieter Windows back — but it is not a simple "fix" and carries real technical and support risks that demand attention before...

Windows Security (Microsoft Defender) gives you multiple fast ways to scan just the folders you care about — from a single right‑click in File Explorer to scripted, enterprise‑grade scans — and understanding each method, its limits, and the operational trade‑offs can save time and prevent...

A compact, community-built PowerShell project called RemoveWindowsAI has rapidly become the easiest one‑click way for Windows 11 users to strip most of Microsoft’s on‑device AI surfaces — including Copilot, Recall, Paint’s Image Creator, voice‑access hooks and a raft of AI‑labelled Appx packages...

Fix Microsoft Store Apps Not Installing or Updating (Reset Store + Re-register Apps) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Microsoft Store issues can be frustrating: apps get stuck on “Pending”, downloads never start, updates fail with vague error codes, or installs appear to...

Windows PowerShell 5.1 now halts and asks for confirmation when Invoke‑WebRequest would perform full HTML/DOM parsing that could run scripts embedded in the retrieved page — a deliberate hardening shipped in Microsoft’s December 9, 2025 updates to mitigate a command‑injection / remote code...

A compact, open‑source PowerShell project now circulating on GitHub promises to strip most of Windows 11’s newly embedded AI features — including Copilot and Recall — out of a PC with a single command and an optional GUI, and the reaction is a textbook mix of relief, alarm and operational...

A single, community-built PowerShell package now gives Windows 11 users a one-click path to excise Copilot, Recall and a broad swath of Microsoft’s on-device AI features — and the tool’s rise crystallizes a deeper trade-off between user control, update reliability, and platform design that every...