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VisualCron: Automate without programming skills on Windows

VisualCron enables IT teams to use automation to streamline processes quickly without the need for programming skills. Automation is...
Sudo for Windows

With the help of Run as and Sudo for Windows, you can run applications that require elevation and administrator...
Displaying, running, and stopping scheduled tasks with PowerShell

Scheduled tasks represent the central mechanism for executing programs at certain times or events. Since PowerShell 3.0 you can...
Schedule user account closure with PowerShell

One of my many tasks as a system administrator is to close user accounts after they have left their...
Restart File Explorer

Sometimes, you have to restart File Explorer in Windows to ensure that changed user interface settings take effect immediately...
FREE: AutoAdministrator – Automate system administration tasks

AutoAdministrator is a free tool that allows you to automate all kinds of system administration tasks with an easy-to-use...
Process Explorer 16 now with VirusTotal integration

Microsoft’s free Process Explorer is one of those utilities that every admin should have in his tool box. The...
Managing Services the PowerShell way – Part 6: Modify through WMI

In the previous article of this series we looked at using WMI in PowerShell to discover service information....
Managing Services the PowerShell way – Part 5: WMI and CIM

The fifth installment in our series about managing Windows Services with PowerShell explains how to leverage WMI and CIM...
Managing Services the PowerShell way – Part 4: Configure Services

Let’s continue our exploration of using PowerShell to manage services. If you’ve missed the previous articles, take a few...
Managing Services the PowerShell way – Part 3: Start and stop Services

Over the last few articles we’ve been exploring different ways to gather relevant service information from local and remote...
Three ways to run remote Windows commands
This article compares three different ways to run commands or executables remotely on multiple computers and follow up on...
Set service startup mode to Automatic (Delayed Start) with PowerShell

The PowerShell script described here allows you to set the startup mode of a Windows service to Automatic (Delayed...
Service Credential Manager allows you to search for Windows services and scheduled tasks running under a specific account.
Overview of the Task Manager in Windows Server 2012

In this blog post we learn about the totally revamped Windows Server 2012 Task Manager.
Service Account best practices – Part 2: Least Privilege implementation

In this article you will learn some best-practice suggestions for using service applications according to the IT security rule...
Service Account best practices Part 1: Choosing a Service Account

In this article you will learn the fundamentals of Windows service accounts. Specifically, we discover the options and best...
Raffle: VisualCron – An advanced task scheduler for Windows

VisualCron is an advanced task scheduler for Windows that supports central management. Its power task scheduling features go far...
AutoAdministrator 2.3 – Part 3: Remote execute: Programs, services, shutdown/reboot

AutoAdministrator allows you to remote execute programs, remote execute services, and remote shutdown and reboot computers.