Backups, Downloads cleanup, and bulk file renaming — three Windows automation tasks I kept avoiding because the scripting ...

Over the last few years, I have created a vast library of PowerShell scripts that I use to keep my servers healthy. These scripts do everything from monitoring disk health to helping me to reclaim ...

Have you ever needed to schedule a PowerShell script? While you may not need to execute the script right away, you may have a process that must be done daily, monthly or somewhere in between. Common ...

A PowerShell-based Hyper-V health check can be automated through Task Scheduler to provide a daily status report while also running hourly in silent mode unless a problem is detected.

Tom Fenton details step-by-step directions to configure Windows 10 to allow running Task Scheduler and how to set up an automated task to run a PowerShell script every four hours. Recently I had a ...

AI assistant Claude can now translate plain English requests into functional PowerShell scripts, helping everyday Windows users automate tasks without deep technical knowledge. It also explains ...

I've come to a point where the script does what is needed, grabs data, generates html, fires off email etc properly, and I tried scheduling it under a service account. I've made a batch file that ...

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...