What Can I Do With Windows PowerShell?

System Administration Tasks

 

The following articles provide a brief introduction to carrying out system administration tasks by using Windows PowerShell; these tasks include such things as starting and stopping services, retrieving data using WMI, and managing event logs and event log events. As is so often the case with Windows PowerShell, the code snippets found in these articles can either be included within a Windows PowerShell script or typed directly into the Windows PowerShell console.

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List Service Information Manage Event Logs and Event Log Events Modify the Properties of a Service Pause a Running Service Resume a Paused Service Retrieve Data Using WMI

Retrieve Process Information Stop a Running Service Start a Stopped Service Stop and Restart a Service Terminate a Process