Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

On Windows 11 (and Windows 10), PowerShell is a powerful command-line interface designed to run commands and scripts that automate tasks and manage system settings. While it serves a similar purpose ...

For many users, Windows isn't ready to use out of the box, and one of the most frustrating parts isn't the actual install itself, but everything that comes after. Fixing the bad defaults, renaming the ...

Editor's note: Adam Bertram originally wrote this article, and Reda Chouffani has expanded it. Even though administrators can accomplish many tasks with ad hoc PowerShell commands, learning how to ...

IT teams lose countless hours performing repetitive system maintenance tasks, while PowerShell's mighty automation capabilities remain largely untapped. This enterprise-ready tool, already available ...

The Windows Task Scheduler is a boon for a group of users who like to schedule different tasks and automate them. I use it all the time to schedule periodic execution of scripts and some programs to ...

Microsoft has added further cmdlets to its Power BI data gateway service, in order to allow for automated gateway installations. PowerShell 7 or higher will be required to run these commands. As far ...

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The On-premises data gateway service is picking up some new PowerShell cmdlets in preview. These aim to automate gateway management tasks and require PowerShell core 6.2.2 or higher to run. Now, the ...

His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer. Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for ...