Scripting is often seen as something only IT admins do to lengthen their coffee breaks, but home users can benefit from ...

In previous versions of the Windows operating system, Windows Script Host (WSH) has been the standard scripting language to execute such tasks. But with the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft ...

I've been working on a Windows Scripting Host/VBS script to grab some logfiles from disparate remote servers, and then dissect/parse/report those logs into an Excel spreadsheet. (roll your own ...

Using GPEDIT or REGEDIT, make Windows run PowerShell scripts first at logon, logoff, startup, and shutdown before the OS runs other scripts.

Those of us that have suffered through the Windows Script Host era, and glued together Windows command-line tools can now rejoice in something that is powerful.

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Administrative Automation So, if Windows PowerShell isn't a scripting language, then what is it? I submit that Windows PowerShell 2.0 is a text-based administrative automation solution.

If you cannot run PowerShell script in Windows 11/10 and see message Cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system, see this post.

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