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There are plenty of scripts available that promise to read the original Windows 10 product key from the registry by converting a series of binary...

In our effort to create a sudo command for PowerShell – to elevate individual commands – in part 1 we created the sudo function body: function sudo...

In Linux shells, there’s a command called “sudo” that lets you run a command with elevated privileges. In PowerShell, you’d have to open a...

In the previous parts, we created a code signing certificate and used it to add a digital signature to a PowerShell script file. Yet what good can a...

In our previous tip we explained how you can use New-SelfSignedCert to create a self-signed code signing certificate. Today, we’ll use a self-signed...

Adding a digital signature to a PowerShell script is no black magic anymore these days, and while you ideally need an official “trusted” code...

Often PowerShell scripts use a very simple form of error reporting that is structured like this: # clearing global error list: $error.Clear() #...

In the previous post we introduced the Windows tool cleanmgr and its parameters /sageset and /sagerun that you can use to define and run automated...

Part of Windows is an ancient tool that can clean your hard drive: cleanmgr.exe. This tool can remove a variety of data garbage and at times removes...

If you’d like to programmatically unpair a paired Bluetooth device, then there is no built-in cmdlet available. Still PowerShell can do the trick,...

If you’d like to programmatically unpair a paired Bluetooth device, then there is no built-in cmdlet available. Still PowerShell can do the trick,...

If you’d like to programmatically unpair a paired Bluetooth device, then there is no built-in cmdlet available. Still PowerShell can do the trick,...

The new Get-CimInstance cmdlet lets you query WMI locally, and there is (limited) support for remote queries: you can specify the -ComputerName...

If you’re just looking for a quick way in Windows to pair and unpair Bluetooth devices, try this command: PS> explorer.exe...

Identifying Bluetooth devices that your computer has connected to is as easy as a one-liner: PS> Get-PnpDevice -Class Bluetooth Status Class...

WMI classes are organized in so-called namespaces that start at “root” and work like a directory structure. The default namespace is rootcimv2, and...

The secret to successfully leveraging WMI is knowing the class names that represent what you are after. In the previous tip we explained how to use...