15 Essential PowerShell commands every Windows 11 users should know

On Windows 11, PowerShell is a command-line interface (CLI) developed by Microsoft to execute commands and run scripts. In a ...
MCPmag

Using PowerShell To Copy Active Directory Users

It's not always the best idea to create Active Directory users from scratch. Chances are, your company has a standard "template" of attributes that are set for every domain user. If so, why are you ...
Business.com

How to Manage User Profiles With PowerShell

A common pain point in an information technology (IT) administrator’s career is managing user profiles. User profiles are a ubiquitous part of a Windows IT pro’s life, especially those who manage ...
Ars Technica

Script to add user rights in Windows

I've already got a VBS script up and running that creates a local user account (with a non-expiring and non-changeable password) and adds it to administrators group. For the final step, I need to ...
Computerworld

PowerShell for beginners: Scripts and loops

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 ...
CSOonline

Beware PowerShell: Too-helpful users tricked into ‘fixing’ their machines with malware

Attackers are using social engineering to get users to copy, paste, and run malicious scripts — all while thinking they are helping out the IT team. It’s bad enough that crooks foist malware on us for ...