When you use the pipe symbol, you are telling PowerShell to take the first cmdlet's output and use it as an input parameter for the second cmdlet. To show you how this works, let's go back to the ...

The Set-DnsClientServerAddress cmdlet allows for specified DNS servers to be added to the network configuration. 8. Flush DNS cache. Clear-DnsClientCache.

The PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command—or, more properly, cmdlet—can retrieve a list of Windows features, including server roles, that are installed on a server or workstation running ...

The cmdlet can be obtained with the Microsoft.PowerShell.WhatsNew module, which can be installed from the PowerShell Gallery. Since its debut in the gallery four days ago, it has been downloaded 110 ...

Start-Process Cmdlet: The Best of Both Worlds. Sometimes the standby command-line or resource kit tools work best. Still, there is a way to use information from those tools with further processing in ...

The Defender cmdlet that really caught my attention is called Get-MpThreatCatalog. It enables you to investigate Windows Defender’s malware signature definitions database.

Cmdlet Set-LocalGroup 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Set-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts. Let's see how we can use these cmdlets over the lifetime of a local ...

The first cmdlet is New-Item while the second is Set-ItemProperty. You can use either of these cmdlets to modify an existing registry key or add a new registry value. 1] Modify registry using New ...

This cmdlet, which you can see in Figure 1, returns a list of the various processes that are running on your computer. This information can obviously be helpful, ...

We will be using the Export-WindowsDriver cmdlet to back up your drivers. The Export-WindowsDriver cmdlet exports all third-party drivers from a Windows image to a destination folder. In the ...