powershell

Windows hides a lot of useful detail behind polished panels and simplified views, and that’s why a single PowerShell command can feel almost unfairly powerful once you know it exists. The command is Get-ComputerInfo, and it turns Windows into its own one-shot inventory report instead of making...

If you’ve never opened Windows Terminal, you’re sitting on one of the most flexible, modern command-line hubs Microsoft has ever shipped—and ignoring it means missing a live, extensible bridge between classic Windows shells, PowerShell’s object model, and the full Linux toolchain via WSL...

If you’ve been frustrated by the rigid defaults, hidden telemetry, and scattered settings that make Windows 11 feel less like “your” PC and more like a machine configured for someone else, a new generation of community scripts and open-source tools promises to put far more control back in the...

Windows 11 power users have a new, blunt instrument for reclaiming control: a community-built PowerShell project that promises to remove or hide the operating system’s expanding set of AI surfaces — from the Copilot UI to Recall and other Appx/MSIX-based components — with a single, scripted...

Microsoft’s March 10, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5078883, OS Build 22631.6783) is deceptively simple in its changelog but consequential in practice: alongside routine security hardening and reliability fixes, Microsoft has accelerated and expanded a coordinated rollout that...

Running custom PowerShell tools as RemoteApp is a practical way to deliver lightweight utilities to end users, but the technique brings a cluster of real-world surprises: RemoteApp won’t publish .PS1 files natively; the Publish RemoteApp wizard and RDP client behave differently than desktop...

When a community developer rebuilt the Windows Task Scheduler with Fluent Design, WinUI 3 and .NET 8, the result was more than a prettier front end — it exposed how long the platform has been overdue for a modern, approachable automation UX while also reminding power users and admins that beauty...

PowerShell is more than a command line: it’s an extensible, cross‑platform automation engine you can use to shape and secure your environment on Windows, Linux, and macOS — from quick one‑liners to full production tooling. A recent TechRepublic round‑up highlights ten practical, often underused...

PowerShell gives you a scalpel for Windows troubleshooting: four copy‑and‑paste commands that answer the right questions fast, fix the common problems I see on machines I rotate through, and get you from “What’s wrong?” to “Working again” without hunting through a dozen Settings panels...

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...