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Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Lower the Priority of a Process?

(image)    (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem with a rather annoying program at work. The program starts up and runs with high priority. When it does this, my computer is slow as a snail, and as unresponsive as a bear hibernating in the winter. I would like to use Windows PowerShell to lower the priority of this process. ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Call WMI Methods More Easily with Windows PowerShell 2.0?

 (image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoy working with WMI, but it can be a bit complicated to make it do anything. It is great at retrieving information, and in conjunction with the Windows PowerShell Get-WMIObject cmdlet, it is really easy to obtain lots of information about our servers. In fact, WMI is one of the ...