Administration

Installing a Package Manager on Windows (Chocolately)….The Most Useful Feature Windows is Lacking

April 3, 2019

If there is one area that Linux / Unix systems definitely have a leading edge over Windows would be package management – even if…

Uptime PowerShell Script / Command

September 23, 2019

Linux / Unix users are accustomed to issuing an uptime command and being returned with the current systems duration since last boot. Windows on…

Additional WMI Queries for Administrators

September 23, 2019

For further differentiating between machine types on a Windows network, the following WMI filters go beyond just Windows versioning and allow the administrator to…

Tailing a File With PowerShell

August 6, 2019

Monitoring log files from a Windows PowerShell prompt can be just as convenient as using bash for this activity. The following commands will output…

Disable System Restore and Delete Restore Points from the Command Line (CLI)

July 11, 2019

System Restore is a feature in Microsoft Windows that allows the user to revert their computer’s state (including system files, installed applications, Windows Registry, and system settings) to that of a…

Adding Administrator Command Prompt to Context Menus in Windows Explorer

April 2, 2019

Unlike Linux / Unix based systems, Wintel environments have in many respects only recently made strides to leverage the command line. This is evident…