database-tools

Repairing Install-Module (PowerShellGet)

Converting File Paths to 8.3 (Part 1)

Why Short Path Names Still Matter Many years ago, file and folder names had a maximum of 8 characters, and these short path names still exist. They...

Repairing Install-Module (PowerShellGet)

Updating Help without Admin Privileges

In Windows PowerShell, updating help used to require Administrator privileges due to a design flaw: help had to be stored in the location where the...

Repairing Install-Module (PowerShellGet)

Setting and Clearing Trusted Hosts

PowerShell remoting maintains a list of trusted IP addresses and/or machine names on the client side (the machine that issues the command and...

Repairing Install-Module (PowerShellGet)

Identifying Antivirus Engine State

In the previous tip you learned how you can query WMI to find out the antivirus product present on your Windows machine: $info = Get-CimInstance...

Repairing Install-Module (PowerShellGet)

Speeding Up PowerShell Remoting

PowerShell remoting is insanely powerful: with Invoke-Command, you can send arbitrary PowerShell code to one or many remote machines and execute it...