If you want to run Windows PowerShell scripts first at user logon, logoff, startup, and shutdown, follow these steps. Using the Local Group Policy Editor and Registry Editor, you can prioritize ...

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 ...

Use PowerShell in Windows to automate tasks, troubleshoot your device, and extend Windows functionality. Always inspect or verify scripts before running them, and only relax restrictions for trusted ...

Windows PowerShell is a powerful terminal from Microsoft which allows you to automate and script tasks on Windows machines and interact with many of the applications available on them. It is a huge ...

BurntToast is an open-source PowerShell module that generates standard toast notifications that appear in the bottom-right corner. The module supports Windows 10 and newer versions as well as Windows ...

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...

Microsoft has made security changes to one of the most popular tools bundled with Windows installations, and now users must ...

Back in February of 2024, Microsoft announced that it was rolling out new 2023 Secure Boot Certificate Authority (CA) or keys that would replace the previous one from 2011 when Windows 8 was around ...

Have older Windows systems on your network? You can give them PowerShell 5's event logging capabilities even if they run Windows 7. You might think that something as basic as PowerShell, Microsoft’s a ...