Hey folks, just this week my latest training skill is now released over at CBT Nuggets! If you’re interested in customizing and triggering Windows 10 notification toasts using PowerShell, you’ll be interested in this training skill. Here’s a list of the eight (8) videos that make up this skill: Introduction …
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Hey folks, there is some new video training on the CBT Nuggets platform that might interest you! If you’re learning how to schedule recurring tasks with PowerShell, using modules like PSScheduledJobs, ScheduledTasks, and even the traditional schtasks.exe command line utility, you’ll want to check this out. If you have a …
When you launch a new PowerShell session, you might have some environmental configuration that is performed. For example, you might customize your shell prompt, or pre-load some Powershell modules. Typically this is done by configuring your PowerShell profile script. Over time, you might find that you’ve added more and more …
Have you ever searched for an image, and downloaded an SVG file, only to realize that you couldn’t use SVGs in your target application? It happens to me from time to time, and I always seem to forget how to convert SVG graphics to transparent PNG images. For example, I …
I’m trying to schedule a simple, daily task in Windows Task Scheduler. I’m logged into the Windows 10 system using an Azure Active Directory (AzureAD) user account. Under the Security Options, I’ve selected the “Run whether user is logged on or not” option, and tried typing my password when prompted. …
Have you ever wished there was an easy, automated way to keep all your commonly-used Docker images up-to-date? If you’re using Docker Desktop on Windows, you can use the built-in Task Scheduler for this purpose. Docker container images are updated frequently, depending on the base image you’re using. Each project …
The Case for Noise Reduction For the last 10+ years, I’ve been producing video training materials on IT systems automation, cloud, containers, and software development. Over the course of these years, I’ve learned many techniques about how to improve both video and audio quality. In fact, I wrote an article …
If you’re in a professional role where you’re writing lots of code, it pays to write better code, faster. Following onto that, the better your tool-chain is, the faster you can write code. You generally expect your tools to provide feedback as quickly as possible, so that you can fix …
Elgato, the creator of the WiFi-capable Key Light Air, provides a couple pieces of software that work in tandem to give you remote control over these lights. These two applications are Stream Deck, which interacts with a hardware device, and Control Center, which communicates with the lights. Every day that …
