Write-Host "Backup in Progress" $QueryStatement = "SELECT * FROM settings where setting_name='backup_path'" $Query = Perform-Query $QueryStatement $Result = $Query $BackupDirectory = ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity.

Editing your PC's environment variables can save you time in Command Prompt and make your scripts more concise. It also lets you customize where Windows stores certain files. This is what you need to ...

The scripts nobody owns often end up running the most important parts of a business. Here’s how they take root and why they’re risky.

It’s a tale as old as time for PC users: you unbox your brand-new Windows laptop, excited by the promise of blazing-fast performance, only to find it's bogged down with pre-installed programs you ...

Microsoft is deprecating all Linux-based SQL Server VM images from the Azure Marketplace for new deployments. This shift to a script-based provisioning model promises greater flexibility and control.

Russian APT COLDRIVER launches ClickFix attacks with BAITSWITCH and SIMPLEFIX malware; BO Team and Bearlyfy target Russia.

This script automates the setup of Java, Git, VSCode, Node.js, Maven, Gradle, etc., with the configuration of JAVA_HOME. June 22, 2025 update : It has been made GUI-based. Along with that, it has been ...

Abstract: As cyber attacks become more sophisticated, attackers increasingly employ living-off-the-land techniques to evade detection and exploit victim systems, with PowerShell emerging as a primary ...

A latest HP Threat Insights Report has revealed how cybercriminals are perfecting the art of deception, using trusted applications and image files to smuggle malware past traditional detection-based ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...