PowerShell answers questions Windows' own menus never quite do.

The Windows community is a universe of uniformity in which users depend on robust commercial applications and standard graphical utilities. With the Vista release right around the proverbial corner, ...

Since 2006, Microsoft has been bundling the PowerShell command-line shell that administrators can use to manage their computers and other computers on a network. "Windows PowerShell is a Windows ...

These 10 PowerShell commands will come in handy when you need to remotely manage computers on a domain or workgroup. Doing more with less is a common mantra bandied about in the workforce these days ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

Windows hides some annoying defaults beyond Settings, but a few simple PowerShell commands can fix them.

For serious work in the Console, few utilities (if any) can match the prowess of Take Command. It’s not cheap, but for command line jockeys, the savings in time and errors are worth the price. Serious ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...