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Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

When you use double quotes in PowerShell, you can add variables to a string, and PowerShell automatically replaces these with their content –...

Windows 10 comes with excellent text-to-speech support and different high-quality voices. To find out which voices are available, try this: Add-Type...

Windows built-in text-to-speech engine accepts plain text and turns it into a voice, but it can also be controlled using “Speech Synthesis Markup...

In the previous tip we introduced the text-to-speech engine. This engine can save your text to a WAV sound file so you can use it to generate spoken...

In the previous tips, we explained how PowerShell can generate acoustic signals by playing system sounds or WAV sound files. PowerShell can also use...

In the previous tip we explained how PowerShell can play system sounds. For a bit more flexibility, PowerShell can also play arbitrary *.wav sound...

If all you need is a beep, then PowerShell can help you easily: $frequency = 800 $durationMS = 2000 [console]::Beep($frequency, $durationMS) If...

When you try and sort IPv4 addresses via Sort-Object, this fails: PS> '10.1.2.3', '2.3.4.5', '1.2.3.4' | Sort-Object 1.2.3.4 10.1.2.3 2.3.4.5...

In the previous tip we published a super-fast function called Test-OnlineFast, and this function was able to ping an entire IP segment in record...

In the previous tip series, we developed a new function called Test-OnlineFast that can ping multiple computers in record time. For some reason, the...

There are a number of useful cmdlets to manage event logs, however one functionality is missing: PS> Get-Command -Noun EventLog CommandType Name...

When you call low level functions from PowerShell, often you get back a numeric return value. If the return value came from a Windows API function,...

When you write events to an event log using Write-EventLog, you must specify a valid source name. However, there is no easy way of finding out which...

Often scripts need to log what they do, and PowerShell scripters invest a lot of thought and time on logging information to text files. As an...

Tiny URLs like “http://bit.ly/e0Mw9w” are short and convenient to use, however they often mask the true origin as well. PowerShell can...

Are you tired of boring wallpapers for your desktop? PowerShell can get you new wallpapers! Here’s the function: function Download-Wallpaper { param...