A simple PowerShell script can inventory installed applications and help determine what stays and what goes during a PC refresh. As someone who writes about all things Microsoft, I have quite a few ...

To avoid errors, it's important to write PowerShell scripts that prevent code from running on an unintended platform. Luckily, this is easier to do than it sounds. Up until a few years ago, PowerShell ...

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

The system PATH variable in Windows is a critical component that enables the OS to locate and execute programs. However, its configuration can sometimes lead to issues that affect system performance ...

Editor's Note: Adam Bertram originally wrote this article and Brien Posey has expanded it. Transferring files via FTP is one of those tasks every sysadmin has done at least once in their career. FTP ...