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PowerShell is all about typing. But if you'd like to get back the old-fashioned typewriter sound, here is a freeware tool that can bring it...

If you would like to programmatically control page file settings, you can use WMI but must enable all privileges using -EnableAllPrivileges. The...

Let's assume you want to eliminate duplicate words in a text. Here is how you can do this: 'this text text contains duplicate words words...

Operator replace is extremely powerful when you use back references. For example, to make sure in a text that there is a space after each comma, you...

If you need to replace text with some other text and keep a reference to the original text, you can use the backreferenceback reference placeholder...

If you need quotes to appear inside a quoted string, you should use quotes: $text = "Hello ""World"""$text =...

Sometimes it only takes a little tweaking to make a native command run well inside PowerShell. For example, this line runs in cmd.exe but fails in...

Here is how you can create random passwords that meet certain requirements: function Get-RandomPassword { param( $length = 10, $characters =...

Whenever you need to create a new random password, be sure to check out this function: function Get-RandomPassword { param( $length = 10,...

Have you ever used VBScript? Would you like your MsgBox dialog back? Here is how:...

PowerShell and .NET can do amazing things, but they are not good at creating shortcuts. However, you can create a shortcut on your Desktop in a...

In a previous tip, you learned how to quickly ping network segments. Next, you could resolve online IPs and get host lists of systems currently...

Using PowerShell Background Jobs, you can find a large number of online systems within only a few seconds: function Check-Online { param(...

How would you know if all PowerShell scripts on a production critical server are safe? Here is a simple line that can help you conduct a security...

Imagine you opened a number of Web pages in Internet Explorer and would like to keep the display current. Instead of manually reloading these pages...

You should avoid cmdlets if you need to copy large files or a large number of files. Instead, you should use native commands like robocopy. This...

When you use VMware, or if you have installed a Microsoft Loopback adapter, these adapters will show up in your network panel as "Unidentified...

Sometimes, it is necessary to reset network adapters, such as after you changed settings for that adapter in your registry. Resetting a network...

If you need to systematically disable network adapters, all you need is the name of the adapter (as stated in your control panel or returned by...

Finding your network adapters with WMI isn't always easy because WMI treats a lot of "network-like" adapters like network adapters. To...

If you must ensure that a PowerShell script runs with Admin privileges, you can add this to the beginning of your script: $identity =...

If you want to systematically test whether you currently have Administrator privileges, you can use this function: function Test-Admin { $identity =...

If you want to get more control over function parameters, you can treat them as hash table. So in your function, you can then check whether a...

To find out which parameters that a user submitted to a self-defined function, you can use $PSCmdlet like this: function Get-Parameters {...