--- title: "#powershell articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 707 articles tagged #powershell on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/powershell" --- Tag # #powershell 707 posts · 368 followers [Bennett Page](https://hashnode.com/@bennettpage) · [1d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-activate-windows-11/6af2e0c826db02c1fd202d09) ### [How to Activate Windows 11: Every Method Explained](https://noxkeys.hashnode.dev/how-to-activate-windows-11?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Activate Windows 11 with a product key, digital licence, slmgr or the Activation troubleshooter. Step-by-step methods plus fixes for common errors. 11 min read · [noxkeys.hashnode.dev](https://noxkeys.hashnode.dev/how-to-activate-windows-11?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Christopher Smith](https://hashnode.com/@et-ducky) · [1d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/event-id-41-kernel-power-after-an-unexpected-restart-and-how-to-find-the-cause/6af27f8caf0fd46f9489b830) ### [Event ID 41 Kernel-Power After an Unexpected Restart and How to Find the Cause](https://etducky.hashnode.dev/event-id-41-kernel-power-after-an-unexpected-restart-and-how-to-find-the-cause?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) This post first appeared on the ET Ducky blog. I build ET Ducky, an RMM that reads ETW on Windows and eBPF on Linux. Event ID 41 from Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power is a Critical event in the System l 5 min read · [etducky.hashnode.dev](https://etducky.hashnode.dev/event-id-41-kernel-power-after-an-unexpected-restart-and-how-to-find-the-cause?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Christopher Smith](https://hashnode.com/@et-ducky) · [1d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/finding-the-filter-driver-behind-high-cpu-in-unrelated-windows-processes/6af27ae0514d9b5d2362bedb) ### [Finding the Filter Driver Behind High CPU in Unrelated Windows Processes](https://etducky.hashnode.dev/finding-the-filter-driver-behind-high-cpu-in-unrelated-windows-processes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) This post first appeared on the ET Ducky blog. I build ET Ducky, an RMM that reads ETW on Windows and eBPF on Linux. When a monitoring agent, powershell.exe, and Process Explorer all show high CPU at 5 min read · [etducky.hashnode.dev](https://etducky.hashnode.dev/finding-the-filter-driver-behind-high-cpu-in-unrelated-windows-processes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Glaucco](https://hashnode.com/@glaucco) · [3d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/powershell-5-1-fixes-for-a-json-api/6aefe0d48ec29c355689d91e) ### [PowerShell 5.1 fixes for a JSON API](https://glaucco.hashnode.dev/powershell-5-1-fixes-for-a-json-api?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I still use Windows PowerShell 5.1 for my personal research scripts, mostly because it's already on every machine I touch. When I added Instagram lookups through HikerAPI, the API itself was the easy 3 min read · [glaucco.hashnode.dev](https://glaucco.hashnode.dev/powershell-5-1-fixes-for-a-json-api?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Kausar Raza](https://hashnode.com/@knowledgemarkg) · [3d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/tcp-provider-the-wait-operation-timed-out-it-was-the-firewall-not-sql-server/6af00a47081b90e95026e1a5) ### [TCP Provider: The Wait Operation Timed Out - It Was the Firewall, Not SQL Server](https://knowledgemarkg.hashnode.dev/tcp-provider-the-wait-operation-timed-out-it-was-the-firewall-not-sql-server?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) We moved this site's database to a new SQL Server, and the first time I tried to connect from my own PC, sqlcmd sat for a few seconds and then printed this: Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for 9 min read · [knowledgemarkg.hashnode.dev](https://knowledgemarkg.hashnode.dev/tcp-provider-the-wait-operation-timed-out-it-was-the-firewall-not-sql-server?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Saskia Kim](https://hashnode.com/@saskiakim001) · [Nov 3](https://hashnode.com/posts/microsoft-365-email-encryption-for-solicitors-tls-message-encryption-or-sensitivity-labels/6ae9b75d88128c9bf060aa37) ### [Microsoft 365 Email Encryption for Solicitors: TLS, Message Encryption or Sensitivity Labels?](https://saskiakim001.hashnode.dev/microsoft-365-email-encryption-for-solicitors-tls-message-encryption-or-sensitivity-labels?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Compare TLS, Purview Message Encryption and labels to pick the right Microsoft 365 email encryption for each matter. Learn more. 11 min read · [saskiakim001.hashnode.dev](https://saskiakim001.hashnode.dev/microsoft-365-email-encryption-for-solicitors-tls-message-encryption-or-sensitivity-labels?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Mikhail Predtetchenski](https://hashnode.com/@mikepred) · [Nov 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/giving-my-grok-bot-assistant-admin-rights-without-switching-off-uac/6ae6a3c0490cad318896bf7c) ### [Giving my Grok Bot assistant admin rights without switching off UAC](https://mikepred.hashnode.dev/giving-my-grok-bot-assistant-admin-rights-without-switching-off-uac?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) SSH to localhost would have given dr eggbot, one of my Grok Bot assistants, silent admin over everything. Instead it gets a fixed menu of five elevated scheduled tasks it can start but not change, and I tested that boundary from the account it actually runs as. 15 min read · [mikepred.hashnode.dev](https://mikepred.hashnode.dev/giving-my-grok-bot-assistant-admin-rights-without-switching-off-uac?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Mikhail Predtetchenski](https://hashnode.com/@mikepred) · [Oct 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-onedrives-problem-was-322219-files-not-268-gb/6ae67b7c320a0d158699d137) ### [My OneDrive's problem was 322,219 files, not 268 GB](https://mikepred.hashnode.dev/my-onedrives-problem-was-322219-files-not-268-gb?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A OneDrive reorganization turned into a spec for a 500-1000+ line audit tool before anything had finished a full run. Narrowing it to fix-and-run got me a real inventory, and it showed one local code repo was 92% of my files and under 1% of the space. 13 min read · [mikepred.hashnode.dev](https://mikepred.hashnode.dev/my-onedrives-problem-was-322219-files-not-268-gb?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Christopher Smith](https://hashnode.com/@et-ducky) · [Oct 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/0x8a15000f-data-required-by-the-source-is-missing-in-winget/6ae49e634d09877ca133e952) ### [0x8A15000F Data Required by the Source Is Missing in winget](https://etducky.hashnode.dev/0x8a15000f-data-required-by-the-source-is-missing-in-winget?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) This post first appeared on the ET Ducky blog. I build ET Ducky, an RMM that reads ETW on Windows and eBPF on Linux. 0x8A15000F is the winget return code APPINSTALLER\_CLI\_ERROR\_SOURCE\_DATA\_MISSING, wi 4 min read · [etducky.hashnode.dev](https://etducky.hashnode.dev/0x8a15000f-data-required-by-the-source-is-missing-in-winget?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Peter Mamrukov](https://hashnode.com/@netbka) · [Oct 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/my-pc-started-lagging-once-ai-agents-moved-in-two-causes-both-fixable-by-hand/6adfadeeba2907af020b25ae) ### [My PC started lagging once AI agents moved in. Two causes, both fixable by hand](https://netbka.hashnode.dev/my-pc-started-lagging-once-ai-agents-moved-in-two-causes-both-fixable-by-hand?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Two causes my PC lagged once AI agents moved in: Defender scanning every file and caches filling drive C. How to check and fix both by hand. 5 min read · [netbka.hashnode.dev](https://netbka.hashnode.dev/my-pc-started-lagging-once-ai-agents-moved-in-two-causes-both-fixable-by-hand?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)