PowerShell scripts are hard to run without any kind of popup. Without using the small workaround that I will show you here, it may even be impossible. Even if you specify the -WindowStyle Hidden switch - this will only result in the PowerShell window blinking up for a split second and disappearing afterward. You can ... Read more
Sometimes you might have to remove an existing GPT partition table from a hard disk. E.g. when you install another OS like Windows which can't cope with GPT partition records. Or, like in my case, when you want to add an HDD into a RAID where the other disks are using the traditional MBR partition ... Read more
DHCP is used to dynamically assign IP addresses to client machines. This tutorial is written to help you to install and configure the DHCP service on Windows Server 2016. Once you have followed this article, go ahead with creating scopes and start leasing out IP addresses (which I have documented in another article). Prerequisites The ... Read more
In my research on Unity issues, I've observed that several users see nothing on the desktop after logging in (no sidebar, no top bar... nothing), just the background image. Even worse, when you press Alt+Ctrl+T, the terminal window doesn't show up either. Fortunately, I've found a few solutions to this problem as well, which I'll ... Read more
This guide gives you an overview of code commenting options in PowerShell. Just like any other programming language, you can comment out code in a PowerShell script for documentation purposes. Single-line comments in PowerShell To comment out a single line, put '#' in the beginning: Multiline Comments in PowerShell To comment out multiple lines, put ... Read more
You may get the following error while promoting a machine to a Windows domain controller. Below is the complete error message with its solution. The Error Message: Verification of prerequisites for Domain Controller promotion failed. The local Administrator account becomes the domain Administrator account when you create a new domain. The new domain cannot be ... Read more
More than a decade ago, the world was introduced to the wonders of cryptocurrencies and the financial landscape has never been the same. First, there was Bitcoin, then came Litecoin, followed by Ripple and then Titcoin, and the list kept going on and on, and now it seems like with each passing day we are ... Read more
Modules are collections of cmdlets that are stored in the path %WINDIR%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\. Get a List of Windows PowerShell Modules Now execute the following command to display the location of each directory where these modules are stored at your computer: write-host "$PSModulePath" You can get a list of all available modules on your Windows system by ... Read more
If your machine is in a Windows AD domain and you want to move it to the local workgroup, you can follow these instructions. There are two methods to do this, one via the graphical user interface and the other via PowerShell. We will look at both methods. Unjoin Windows PC Using Graphical User Interface ... Read more
German keyboards are usually QWERTZ keyboards, named after the first row of letters to the first, which differs from the English layout, which is called QWERTY. You can switch between these two using the key combination Alt + Shift. This switch can be the cause of your keyboard behaving strangely - for example, if you ... Read more