Microsoft has officially locked Windows PowerShell into Release Candidate status. That means it's pretty much feature-complete and now it's down to bug fixes. Before it's released to the world, let's ...

Have you ever felt the need to scale the PowerShell or CMD up and down before? Probably not, but some folks have. You see, it is not the type of task a lot of Windows users would ever think about ...

What is PowerShell? Microsoft PowerShell is a powerful administrative tool that can help you automate tasks for your computer ...

If you run Show-Command at a prompt without specifying a command name, the graphical display will list cmdlets and functions from all modules, regardless of whether or not they are loaded into the ...

Your source for the news, opinions, and reader reaction on the industry’s hottest controversy. This chapter brings you up to speed on the technical basics of PowerShell and how to use it, with a focus ...

PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks. It has backward compatibility with CMD and can automate simple or complex tasks. Because of ...

In our last lesson we explored some different techniques for capturing PowerShell commands and history. In PowerShell v3 and later we have another option, although it ...

One of the last vestiges of the old MS-DOS days, the Command Prompt, is looking like an endangered species. The latest Windows 10 preview build puts the Windows PowerShell, first introduced on Windows ...

Since 2006, Microsoft has been bundling the PowerShell command-line shell that administrators can use to manage their computers and other computers on a network. "Windows PowerShell is a Windows ...