Ever since Windows Server was first introduced back in the '90s, the tool of choice for managing system services has been the Service Control Manager. It is possible, however, to manage system ...

When a key service goes down on a server, you will usually hear about it from a user or another office such as the help desk when they begin receiving calls from users. It's also entirely possible ...

PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks. It has backward compatibility with CMD and can automate simple or complex tasks. Because of ...

As any system administrator knows, using a domain account as a service account is a great practice. Of course, making sure that the account is using the lowest level of privileges is just as important ...

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 ...