What if your PC could take care of boring tasks for you? With Windows PowerShell, it can. Here's how I use PowerShell to automate everyday repetitive tasks that I would be less keen to do otherwise.

Now to automate the administrative tasks, you will form statements in PowerShell using cmdlets, functions, variables, etc., and this process is called scripting.

How to automate tasks with PowerShell PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks.

Setting up To automate Windows updates, all you really need is the latest version of Windows PowerShell, which is already included in modern versions of Windows, and a user account with admin rights.