Let’s learn how to use PowerShell in order to check if a specific application or process is running; how to restart it automatically in case of a crash, if a user closed it accidentally, or it starts consuming a large amount of memory (memory leak).
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How to Disable “Open File – Security Warnings” on Windows 10?
February 27, 2023When you trying to run an exe, msi, bat, cmd or other executable type of files from a local drive or network folder in Windows, you can see this warning:…
Windows allows to save passwords used to connect to Wi-Fi networks. Due to it, if a known Wi-Fi network is within range of your wireless network adapter, Windows can automatically…
- PowerShellSecurityWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Using Windows Defender Antivirus on Windows Server 2019 and 2016
December 20, 2022Windows Defender Antivirus is Microsoft’s free built-in antivirus that comes installed by default on Windows Server 2016 and 2019 (since Windows 10 2004 the name Microsoft Defender is used). In…
In this article we’ll show a simple PowerCLI script to check the amount of free space on VMWare vSphere datastores and detect Thin Provisioning datastores with the total size of…
- Windows 10Windows 7Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
How to Check, Enable or Disable SMB Protocol Versions on Windows?
May 11, 2023The Server Message Block (SMB) network protocol is used to share and access folders, files, printers, and other devices over network (TCP port 445). In this article, we will look…
When a domain user logs on to Windows, their credentials are saved on a local computer by default (Cached Credentials: a user name and a password hash). This allows the…
In this article we will look at how to find out the date a user was created in Active Directory; how to use PowerShell to get information from the domain…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
PowerShell: Check Free Disk Space and Disk Usage
May 28, 2021In this article we will show you how to check the free disk space and disk usage on a local or remote Windows host using PowerShell. Also, consider how to…
You can use the built-in telnet command line tool to connect to a remote SMTP server and send a test e-mail. This is the easiest and fastest way to test…