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Windows Terminal 1.6 Preview gets GUI for settings, v1.5 becomes stable release

Microsoft has updated its new console for basically all command lines and shells. The most important innovations in the...
Windows Terminal v1.2 new features

In this post, we will take a look at the new features of Microsoft's terminal emulator Windows Terminal v1.2...
WuInstall: Windows Updates with a command

WuInstall is a lightweight but powerful command-line tool for managing Windows updates. With WuInstall, you can install Windows updates...
Windows Terminal: Microsoft’s next console for all command lines

Windows Terminal, announced at the build conference in May, is now available as a preview in the Microsoft Store....
WuInstall: A command-line interface (CLI) for Windows Update

WuInstall provides command-line and scriptable access to Windows Update. Quickly push single patches, download drivers, deploy upgrades, and compare...
VisualCron: Automating with a GUI

VisualCron is not an application or tool I have used before. The software aims to be a one-stop shop...
Install Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 LTSC and Server 2019

The Linux subsystem introduced in Windows 10 1609 brought some innovations in Windows 10 1809. Also new is that...
WuInstall – Command-line control over Windows updates

WuInstall is a command-line tool that gives you back control when to install Windows updates. It thereby offers you...
Microsoft Azure CLI v2.0 interactive shell

The Microsoft Azure command-line interface (CLI) v2.0 is fast and cross platform, but it's not particularly intuitive. That's why...
PsExec vs. the PowerShell remoting cmdlets Invoke-Command and Enter-PSSession

The most frequently used tools for remote command execution are PsExec and the PowerShell remoting cmdlets Invoke-Command and Enter-PSSession....
Scheduled tasks with Group Policy, schtasks, and PowerShell

With the help of Group Policy, the schtasks command, and PowerShell, you can run scheduled tasks on multiple computers....
Five fun things you can do with the Windows 10 Bash

In my last post, I demonstrated how you can use the Windows 10 Bash for your system administration tasks....
Working with Windows 10 Bash

In my previous article, I introduced Bash for Windows 10. Since then, I have been playing with Bash on...
Creating an EXE for your PowerShell scripts using WinRAR

In this article, I will demonstrate how to build an EXE to run your PowerShell scripts with WinRAR. You...
The Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI)

The Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI), formerly known as the cross-platform CLI (Xplat-CLI) is an open-source project that gives us...
Restart File Explorer

Sometimes, you have to restart File Explorer in Windows to ensure that changed user interface settings take effect immediately...
Windows 10 command prompt changes

One of the many reasons I’m so jazzed about Windows 10 Technical Preview is that the product team has...
setx – Store file contents or Registry values in environment variables

setx is a Windows command-line tool with useful parsing features that allows you to read data from files and...
FREE: ABC-Update – Install Windows updates at the command prompt

ABC-Update is a free command-line tool that allows you to install Windows updates. It is easy to use and...