Brien Posey explains why PowerShell timers can cause Windows Forms dashboards to freeze or fail to update, and why keeping GUI scripts responsive requires a different approach to timed events.

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 KB5089549 with a new immersive Xbox Mode, major File Explorer bug fixes, and native 2TB ...

Microsoft is making Windows 11 Widgets quiet by default. The update disables open-on-hover and hides the MSN feed for a ...

No click, only type.

In my previous post, I showed you how to create a clickable button in Excel. That button displayed a simple message box. Now, I want to show you how to use the button to kick off a PowerShell script.

Microsoft has announced major upgrades coming soon to the Taskbar on Windows 11 that will enable new capabilities that users have been requesting since Windows 11's debut in 2021. With these updates, ...

A smaller taskbar is also on the way later this year. A smaller taskbar is also on the way later this year. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, ...

In 2025, Microsoft promised to add your calendar schedule to the taskbar in Windows 11, but the feature is now confirmed to be delayed. Windows 10 used to have a convenient feature where you could see ...

The Trump administration announced that the company, a pharmacy benefit manager, had agreed to make significant changes to its practices. By Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson The reporters have ...

QuietShell is a command-line application for headless PowerShell execution supporting both in-process runspaces and out-of-process execution models. QuietShell eliminates console window visibility ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

As part of the December 2025 Patch Tuesday Update for Windows 11 version 23H2, 24H2, and 25H2, Microsoft made some changes to PowerShell 5.1. So, if you came across a new security warning in Windows ...