In this next installment of my ongoing PowerShell series, I want to focus on putting PowerShell objects to work for you. Let me warn you in advance, however: Put on your advanced thinking caps for ...

A safe and simple PowerShell script that verifies the SHA-256 hash of a downloaded file. The script automatically detects the current user's Downloads folder (on any drive) and allows you to type the ...

Get the hash of a file and compare against known hash using powershell. This script can compare the hash of a file against a given hash, or simply result the hash of the file. It is entirely built in ...

In Windows PowerShell, you most likely have used arrays and hash tables. The latter is simply a different kind of an array called an associative array. When using arrays, you may have a requirement to ...

The Group-Object cmdlet can offer up lots of information if you extract that info through hash tables. Here's how. One of the greatest benefits of Windows PowerShell is how it lets us slice and dice ...

Downloading a Windows 11 ISO file is the first step toward a clean installation or system upgrade—but how do you know the file is authentic and unaltered? Corrupt or tampered ISOs can cause failed ...