Wouldn't it be cool if PowerShell could automatically write scripts so that you didn't have to? Believe it or not, it is possible. Of course the old saying that if something sounds too good to be true ...

What if your PC could take care of boring tasks for you? With Windows PowerShell, it can. Here's how I use PowerShell to automate everyday repetitive tasks that I would be less keen to do otherwise.

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 ...

Being able to receive real-time feedback as you work is a huge factor in writing script that won't break. Your script could be the most awesome automation tool on the planet. It could ring all the ...

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 ...

A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

I ran into a discussion a while back with a collegue that claimed that a lot of clients don't allow us to set up PowerShell scripts for different scheduled maintanence tasks on their servers. I myself ...

To avoid errors, it's important to write PowerShell scripts that prevent code from running on an unintended platform. Luckily, this is easier to do than it sounds. Up until a few years ago, PowerShell ...

An excellent PowerShell script is easy to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. When developing scripts, it's important to not just consider "working" a symbol of success but also that you have ...

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...