Microsoft has always taken it on the chin when it comes to command-line power. After all, Windows' strength is supposed to be its graphical user interface, not a bunch of cryptic command-line tools.

Reader Scott points us toward the lesser-known but very handy Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool. It's a scripting interface that "simplifies the use of Windows Management ...

Although it's typical to interact with the graphical user interface when using Windows, it's still a good idea to know how to use the Command Line. If you dedicate the time to learning it, you could ...

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, ...

I started watching the dot net show a while back, and I downloaded a few episodes particularly to look at the future of Windows as a platform. There was quite a bit of stuff about the likes of Avalon, ...

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 ...

I find myself amazed at how many IT professionals still avoid the command line. Even if you're no longer a hands-on, technical IT practitioner, you've surely got some familiarity with it. The command ...

Hi,<BR><BR>I need to write a script the lists the files in a specific directory that have been modified in the last 24hrs.<BR><BR>In unix, I could just run <pre class ...

You can use PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks in Windows and other operating systems, like organizing data, searching for files or fetching data from the Internet. You can't actually run ...

It's time to step back a bit, however, and learn some of the technical details of remote scripting before we go any further. It's all well and good to jump in and try things, but sometimes we hit a ...