It is reassuring to back up important folders on your computer to an external HDD. For example, you may want to copy a folder named [Test] on the C drive to an external HDD. While you can simply drag ...

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...

This time, I noticed a pitfall when using the command prompt or creating batch files in Windows, so I am writing this down as a memo. I think many people use it like this, for instance, as a filename ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to ...

For most websites, the homepage represents your brand’s first interaction with your audience on your website. As the catch-all landing page where people will be sent by default, your homepage needs to ...

A while back, I developed a PowerShell script that I use for creating air gapped backups of my file data. Even though I put a lot of effort into building this script and testing it over and over again ...

I'm normally on the mac side, so i'm still learning all the foibles of Windows and Robocopy. Anyway... Background: There is a Nasuni appliance (custom linux server running SAMBA 4.3 I think) at work ...

I've had a Robocopy script that has worked fine for ages. All it does is synchronises a remotely located network drive (Windows server accessed over OpenVPN) to a locally located network drive (SMB on ...

Ahead of the November presidential election, just 19% of Americans say democracy in the United States is a good example for other countries to follow, according to a Pew Research Center survey ...