PowerShell

When the system warns you that free space on your local drive is running out, the first thing that the administrator does is trying to find all large files that…

In the previous article, we looked at the old-school VBS scripts that can be used to manage printers and print operations in all Windows versions, starting from Windows XP. Today…

As a rule, in local and global networks, files are transferred between devices using SMB, FTP or HTTP protocols. The problem of all these protocols is some troubles with resuming…

Let’s look at how to create a simple administrator notification system when someone adds a new user to the important Active Directory security group. For example you want to track…

Hi, admin! In one of my PowerShell scripts, I needed to determine the current external IP address of the Windows computer from the command line or (best) with some simple…

Most AD administrators use the repadmin (appeared in Windows Server 2003) and replmon (must be copied from Support Tool for WS2003) console tools to monitor and control Active Directory replication.…

How to quickly estimate the current number of user connections (sessions) to the IIS sites on webserver running on Windows Server? Such information will allow to determine and predict the…

Let’s see how to track who reset the password of the particular user account in Active Directory using domain controllers security logs.

By default, to connect to a remote computer using PowerShell (PowerShell Remoting) you need administrator privileges. In this article, we’ll show how to allow remote connection using PowerShell Remoting (WinRM)…

One of the useful PowerShell features is the opportunity to connect to databases on remote servers, including MySQL ones. Thus, you can address MySQL tables to access data directly from…