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 ...

Windows 11 feeling bloated? Sophia Script lets you reshape the OS from the inside out. Here's how it works.

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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 ...

If you want to run Windows PowerShell scripts first at user logon, logoff, startup, and shutdown, follow these steps. Using the Local Group Policy Editor and Registry Editor, you can prioritize ...

I advise against it. But if you must use a logon script to authenticate, here's how to get it done with PowerShell. In my PowerShell training classes or at conferences I inevitably face the question ...

PowerShell seems to have the ability to automate just about anything. Active Directory (AD) is no different. By downloading a freely available PowerShell module, an IT admin can manage every facet of ...

Over the last seven months, I have been hard at work building a line of business application that is designed to manage all of my writing, speaking and other projects. As crazy as it may sound, I ...

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FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

I'm currently trying to get a few Powershell scripts to run via Intune to Windows 11 Pro laptops. The Powershell scripts run fine when tested via local Powershell but Intune doesn't seem to do ...