Neofetch for Windows November 3, 2019 First Let’s install scoop – it’s similar to Chocolately, but has more in common with a package manager as it is able to resolve…
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…
Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – How to fetch data exposed by OData services August 6, 2019 The Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet sends an HTTP(S) request to a REST-compliant web service. You can use it to consume data exposed by, for example, the…
Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – Diagnosing network connectivity August 6, 2019 The Test-NetConnection cmdlet (available on Windows 8.1 / Server 2012 R2) displays diagnostic information for a connection. 12#Returns detailed diagnostic information for vassox.com Test-NetConnection…
Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – PipelineVariable Common Parameter August 6, 2019 In PowerShell 4.0, the PipelineVariable lets you save the results of a piped command (or part of a piped command) as a variable that…
Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – How to Generate Complex Password August 6, 2019 There is no built-in cmdlet to generate a password, but we can leverage a vast number of .NET Framework classes. System.Web.Security.Membership class has a…
Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – How to Schedule a Job August 6, 2019 Job scheduling allows you to schedule execution of a PowerShell background job for a later time. First thing you do is create a job…
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…
Clearing All Windows Event Logs March 29, 2019 This one line command will zero out all of your Windows event logs – over time these can grow to considerable size. In most…