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In the ever-evolving world of IT, efficiency and automation are key to managing complex systems and networks. PowerShell, with its powerful scripting capabilities, is the go-to tool for IT administrators to automate routine tasks, improve productivity, and maintain system health. To help you get started, I’ve created a public GitHub repo with a collection of
Introduction to PowerShell for File Searches PowerShell is a powerful scripting language and command-line shell designed especially for system administrators. One of its useful functionalities is the ability to search for files containing a specific string. This capability can streamline many administrative tasks, making it easier to manage and locate vital information across your file
In today’s fast-paced IT environments, automating routine tasks is not just beneficial; it’s essential. One of the most common automation tasks is sending emails. PowerShell, with its versatile cmdlets and scripting capabilities, provides a powerful tool for this purpose. This article delves into how you can leverage PowerShell to send emails, both with and without
In the evolving landscape of operating systems, the integration of Linux within Windows, through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), marks a revolutionary step for developers and IT professionals. This guide offers a comprehensive overview of WSL, detailing its variations, installation procedures, potential uses, and the requisite system requirements. Understanding WSL The Windows Subsystem for
PowerShell is an extremely powerful scripting language developed by Microsoft that lets you automate tasks on your computer, and manage system resources. It is built on the .NET framework and comes with a command-line interface. Whether you’re a system administrator, a developer, or an IT enthusiast looking to enhance your automation skills, this article will
PowerShell is a powerful command-line interface (CLI) that allows you to automate and manage Windows systems. One of the best ways to customise your PowerShell experience is by creating a custom profile. A profile is a script that runs every time you start PowerShell, and it can be used to set up your environment, load
PowerShell is a powerful tool for Windows administrators, developers, and power users. It allows you to automate tasks, manage Windows systems, and access a wide range of functionality through its built-in commands and modules. In this blog post, we’ll share some tips and tricks to help you get the most out of PowerShell. 1) Get-Help
Windows Terminal is a powerful and versatile tool that can be used to manage your Windows operating system. It is a command-line interface (CLI) that allows users to access and control their Windows systems from the command line. It is an essential tool for anyone who wants to get the most out of their Windows
Whether you are interested in buying, or selling, property via Rightmove, you might want to download the images. Now sure, you can do this one-by-one, by right clicking on each photo (when viewed full screen) and choose to copy/save the photos, but that’s a very manual task, which will take you time. This type of
If you need to work with multiple files (e.g. log files) and want to identify them by using wildcards, you can take the below approach: 1 Identify the folder to work in, and add it to a variable. You can use .\ to use the current folder, or put a full path (e.g. C:\temp) 2
Unfortunately we live in an era when cyber crime is on the rise, and more and more people are having their security breeched. So it’s important to do what you can to prevent this these breaches. Two of the simpliest things you can do with your Office 365 environment, are to enable multi-factor authentication, and
When running multiple scripts, either at the same time, or sequentially, it’s nice to know which script is running. An easy way to do this, it to set the title of the PowerShell window, when the script is running. To do this, simply ad the below code to the top of your PowerShell script: Now
If you’re seeing errors syncing files and/or folders containing special characters such as a # and %, then it’s likely because you haven’t allowed syncing of these. For some reason Microsoft disable this as standard, so you manually have to enable it. Here’s what this issue looks like: OneDrive ‘The name or type isn’t allowed’
If you want to see what channel your wireless network, or the neighbouring networks, then you can run the below script in either PowerShell or the Command Prompt. netsh wlan show networks bssid Why look at the channels that the wireless networks are using? The main reason to look at the wireless channel on your
If you operate a list of allowed mac addresses on your DHCP server to prevent unauthorised users/devices from obtaining an IP address, it can be a pain to have to constantly open the DHCP console and disable/enable the list and/or add a new device to the list. To make this easier, you can setup a
You can easily use PowerShell to delete files that are older than x minutes/hours/days. This is useful if you have a temporary folder which you would like to regularly clear down. Please see the below examples: Delete files older than x minutes Get-ChildItem -path C:\temp | where {$_.Lastwritetime -lt (date).addminutes(-5)} | remove-item Delete files older