I’m using the Windows PowerShell whenever I plan on automating ordinary tasks like scheduling my computer to turn off at a specific time. And I prefer using PowerShell scripts rather than installing 3rd party software to do those ordinary tasks for me. But no matter the purpose of your PowerShell use, I believe you’ll find this small article useful.

Whenever I need to check my hardware information in order to see if a hardware upgrade is supported officially on my desktop/laptop/server or if all of my software drivers are up to date, I always find myself in need of first finding my motherboard details. I’ve written a small tutorial on how to achieve this.

What you should know about VPNs

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. Basically, it will allow you to access a private network. For example: you’re home and you are using your own network but you need to access the network of your work office. Well, that’s where a VPN connection will help you. Your work office will provide you the credentials of their VPN server so you can access their private network from wherever you are. This article aims to show you how you can create a VPN connection and connect to it.

If you’re seeing three dots instead of the name of your USB drive on your Windows, then you need to know how to properly format it with CMD or PowerShell.

1. Install PowerShell.
2. Paste the code below into a new file.
3. Save the script as your-file.ps1 (don’t forget to put the .ps1 extensidon; otherwise, the script will not execute).
4. Run the script by running PowerShell and executing the following command: