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SpeculationControl: Use PowerShell to Check for Risks
Checking Hardware Vulnerability to Spectre and Meltdown Microsoft released a module a couple of years ago (updated 3 weeks ago) that you can use to...
Creating ISO Files
PowerShell can turn regular folders into ISO files. ISO files are binary files that can be mounted and then behave like a read-only CD-ROM drive....
Automating Defender Antivirus (Part 2)
On Windows, PowerShell comes with cmdlets to automate the built-in antivirus engine “Defender”. In this second part, let’s take a look at how you...
Converting Wavelength to RGB
PowerShell is a generic script language so you can do all kinds of stuff with it. Below is a function that takes a light wavelength and converts it...
Querying Advanced Printer Info via SNMP
Many network printer support SNMP to query information about the device, i.e. its serial number, the status and paper sizes of installed trays, or...
Determining Language Packs (Part 1)
Let’s assume you need to find the installed language packs for a Windows machine. In this three-part series, we use PowerShell’s features to tackle...
Running $PSScriptRoot in Selected Code
One of the big pitfalls in PowerShell code is the automatic variable $PSScriptRoot which always holds the path to the folder the current script is...
Cleaning Up PowerShell Modules (Part 2)
In part 1 we looked at removing PowerShell modules that were originally installed via “Install-Module”. You can as well remove PowerShell modules...
Cleaning Up PowerShell Modules (Part 1)
There are plenty of scripts available that promise to read the original Windows 10 product key from the registry by converting a series of binary...
Quickly Finding Outdated PowerShell Modules
In the most simplistic case, you can check all your installed modules for updates with just a one-liner (remove -WhatIf to actually perform the...