This article describes how to update Windows PowerShell to the latest version 5.1 and how to install (upgrade) PowerShell Core 7.3. There are currently two branches of PowerShell: The classic…
Branded computers/laptops that come with Windows pre-installed usually have a hidden hardware manufacturer OEM recovery partition. This partition usually contains a manufacturer’s Windows reference image, which can be used to…
When starting a new service or app on Windows, you may find that the port you want to use is already occupied (listening) by another program (process). This article will…
When started, some programs require permission elevation (the shield next to the app icon), but actually, they don’t need administrator privileges for their normal operation. For example, you can manually…
In Windows, you can manage the settings for your network adapters not only from the GUI but also from the PowerShell command prompt. In this article, we’ll look at the…
You can use the open-source usbipd-win project to access a computer’s physical USB devices from the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) or Hyper-V virtual machine. This tool allows you to…
To take a screenshot in Windows, use the PrintScreen or Alt + PrintScreen (get the screenshot of the active window). The screenshot is copied to the clipboard and you may…
In some cases users cannot sing-in to RDS farm hosts running Windows Server using the built-in RDP client (mstsc.exe) with the following error: The task you are trying to do…
You can use the built-in Send-MailMessage cmdlet to send SMTP e-mails from PowerShell. You can use this cmdlet to send e-mails in PowerShell version 2.0 and newer (previously you can…
A time synchronization error may occur in Windows when your computer fails to automatically synchronize its local time with the time.microsoft.com time servers on the Internet. If your computer’s time…