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Windows can feel deceptively simple until the day you need to do something a little less ordinary — and that’s when a handful of built‑in and first‑party tools turn the OS from a consumer toy into a professional workstation. The five utilities highlighted in the recent How‑To Geek piece —...

Windows 11’s telemetry plumbing runs deeper than most users expect, and one built‑in service — the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service (known internally as DiagTrack) — is often the main conduit for background diagnostic and usage data. Disabling that single service is a quick...

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...

Enable and Configure System Restore in Windows 10/11 (Create Restore Points Automatically) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes System Restore is one of the quickest ways to recover from “something changed and now Windows is acting weird.” It can roll back system files, drivers...

The Task Scheduler can and often will launch a program on Windows 11, but the program’s graphical window may never appear for an interactive user—what you see in Task Manager is the process running, yet you can’t interact with it. This is a common pain point for power users who want a scheduled...

Most Windows users reflexively reach for third‑party apps for routine jobs—screenshots, remote help, scheduled tasks—without realizing that Windows already includes powerful, secure, and often better‑integrated tools that can replace those extra installs. This feature digs into five underrated...

Create a Disk Space Health Check Routine with PowerShell and Task Scheduler Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15-25 minutes Introduction Keeping an eye on disk space is a simple but effective way to prevent performance slowdowns and unexpected outages. A small routine that runs...

Making an app run automatically when you sign into Windows 11 is one of the simplest but most impactful tweaks you can make to streamline workflows — and there are four reliable methods to do it: Settings, the Startup folder, Task Manager, and Task Scheduler. This feature is intentionally...

Archive Inactive Desktop Files Automatically with PowerShell and Task Scheduler Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20-25 minutes Keeping your Desktop tidy can make Windows feel faster and more productive. This tutorial shows you how to automatically archive inactive Desktop files using a...

Weekly Windows Event Log Rotation and Archiving with PowerShell Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20-30 minutes Windows servers and desktops can accumulate event logs quickly. A weekly rotation and archiving process helps keep log files manageable, makes long-term audits easier, and...

Automate a Daily System Health Report with Task Scheduler and PowerShell Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20-30 minutes Tired of manually checking your PC’s health every morning? This guide shows you how to create a lightweight, automated daily health report using PowerShell and Task...

Task Scheduler and PowerShell can quietly keep a Windows PC healthy; below are six practical automations—complete with why they matter, exactly how to set them up, and the risks to watch for—that I run on my own Windows 11 machines to make maintenance automatic and invisible. These routines pair...

Automate Local Backups with Robocopy & Task Scheduler Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20-30 minutes Robocopy (Robust File Copy) is a powerful built-in Windows tool for reliable backups. Paired with Task Scheduler, you can set up unattended, regular local backups to a separate drive or...

ProsperOps has been named a winner of the 2025 CloudX Award in the Cloud Management category, a recognition that spotlights the company’s expansion from autonomous discount management into synchronized workload scheduling and outcome-driven FinOps automation. Background ProsperOps launched in...

Automatically Map Network Drives at Login with Stored Credentials (Task Scheduler + PowerShell) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20 minutes Introduction Mapping network drives automatically at login is a common need for sysadmins and power users. This tutorial shows a secure, repeatable...

ProsperOps’ Autonomous Discount Management (ADM) is now generally available for Microsoft Azure, bringing the company’s continuous, algorithmic commitment‑management engine to Azure customers via the Azure Marketplace and promising automated buys, sells, and portfolio reshaping of reservations...

ProsperOps’ Autonomous Discount Management (ADM) for Microsoft Azure is now generally available through the Azure Marketplace, bringing the company’s algorithmic, continuous commitment‑management engine to Azure compute customers and promising automated buys, sells, and reshapes of Reservations...

ProsperOps’ Autonomous Discount Management (ADM) is now generally available for Microsoft Azure, a milestone that brings the company’s algorithmic, continuous rate-optimization engine to Azure customers via the Azure Marketplace and promises tighter alignment between commitments and volatile...

ProsperOps’ Autonomous Discount Management (ADM) is now generally available for Microsoft Azure via the Azure Marketplace, bringing the company’s algorithmic commitment‑management engine to Azure compute services and promising automated buys, sells, and portfolio reshaping of Reservations and...

ProsperOps’s CloudX Award win cements a clear message to the market: FinOps automation has moved from a niche toolkit into mainstream cloud management, and vendors that can safely automate both rate and workload decisions will shape how enterprises control cloud spend going forward. Background /...