The small time and effort investment in setting them up correctly returns many-fold when you'll use them. Here are four automation routines that changed how I work for good. I write for a living, but ...

If you often make system-level changes in Windows, you’ll sometimes need to open the Command Prompt with administrator privileges. You can do this from Windows Search by right-clicking the Command ...

There’s so much going on in Windows that it can be hard to know whether my apps are up to date all the time. I’ll get prompted to update some of them when I boot my PC –– but the others? Gah! It’s ...

In an ideal world, you'd lead a long and happy life only ever shutting down and restarting your PC via the Start menu. Click the power icon, choose your option, and you're done. However, life doesn't ...

I always look for efficient ways to manage system tasks without leaving the terminal, even when I am using Windows. On Windows, services run in the background to keep the system and apps working ...

Linux has spoiled me over the last 26 years concerning installing applications, as it has had a command-line package installation program (apt-get) since 1999. Apt-get made it incredibly easy to ...

Although Command Prompt has been around for a long time, even before Windows 11, many users still ignore it. While the operating system's modern graphical interface seamlessly handles virtually every ...

Windows Defender is Windows’ primary security tool, and while it has a graphical interface, you can also perform a CMD (Command Prompt) virus scan by using the methods from this guide. Running this ...