Understanding the PowerShell Cmdlet: Remove-Event Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we’re going to dig into the PowerShell cmdlet Remove-Event. This handy command is part of PowerShell’s event system and can be used to remove pending events from the event queue. According to Microsoft, the description for Remove-Event is: Deletes events from the event…

Exploring the Get-PSSessionConfiguration Cmdlet Welcome back to Wahman’s PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into a lesser-known but incredibly useful cmdlet: Get-PSSessionConfiguration. This cmdlet retrieves information about the session configurations registered on the local computer. These configurations are crucial in defining how PowerShell Remoting sessions behave, including settings like allowed users and session limits. What is…

Diving into PowerShell: Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re taking a closer look at an often overlooked cmdlet in the PowerShell toolkit — Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace. What does Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace do? According to Microsoft’s documentation, Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace is used to stop a WS-Management logging session that was initiated by the Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace cmdlet. This logging allows administrators…

PowerShell Cmdlet Deep Dive: Disable-ComputerRestore Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today we’re going to explore a lesser-known but powerful cmdlet: Disable-ComputerRestore. As per Microsoft’s documentation, this cmdlet disables the System Restore feature on the specified file system drive. This can be useful for system administrators or power users who need to manage system restore…

Enable-PSTrace: Tracing Your Way Through PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into the Enable-PSTrace cmdlet. As described by Microsoft, this cmdlet “Enables the Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell event provider logs.” But what does that actually mean—and why should you care? Enable-PSTrace is a diagnostic tool that lets you trace what’s happening inside PowerShell by…

Understanding Invoke-Expression in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we are diving into a powerful but sometimes controversial cmdlet: Invoke-Expression. According to the official Microsoft documentation, Invoke-Expression “runs commands or expressions on the local computer.” In simpler terms, it takes a string and treats it as a PowerShell command, then executes it. This…