Creating local user accounts via the UI is pretty straightforward. You open up computer management and then go to the Users folder and can then just right click and create a new user. You can also go ...

If you want to run Windows PowerShell scripts first at user logon, logoff, startup, and shutdown, follow these steps. Using the Local Group Policy Editor and Registry Editor, you can prioritize ...

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Windows tries to be simple and easygoing. Its GUI offers everything you need to control and manage an operating system, at least for a basic user. You'll rarely find the need to jump into a terminal ...

Windows security updates tend to conjure thoughts of operating system vulnerabilities, including zero-days, being patched or even unexpected failures with serious consequences. This security update, ...

I'm kind of a newb at this, so please be gentle if my code isn't optimal. I worked at this script most of the day yesterday, expanding functionality and thinking of instances that could mess it up. By ...

A new malware distribution campaign uses fake Google Chrome, Word, and OneDrive errors to trick users into running malicious PowerShell "fixes" that install malware. The new campaign was observed ...

Windows PowerShell is a powerful terminal from Microsoft which allows you to automate and script tasks on Windows machines and interact with many of the applications available on them. It is a huge ...

Attackers are using social engineering to get users to copy, paste, and run malicious scripts — all while thinking they are helping out the IT team. It’s bad enough that crooks foist malware on us for ...

One of the features of PowerShell that left many people wondering why it wasn't included earlier was local account management. Every Windows system has local accounts and being able to add, remove and ...

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

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