10 cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell

TechRepublic's blog has a nice posting by author Rick Vanover called 10 cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell. The article lists the following cool things to do with Windows PowerShell.

#1: Report all of the USB devices installed #2: Perform your favorite CMD tasks in PowerShell #3: Kill a process in PowerShell instead of Task Manager #4: Use PSDrive to view more than just drives #5: Export NTFS folder permissions — recursive or not #6: Play with PowerShell 2.0 #7: Work from the keyboard in Graphical PowerShell #8: Background a time-consuming task #9: Insert timestamps into PowerShell outputs #10: Stop and smell the roses

Check out this link for more details on how you can benefit from these cool tips. Considering the fact that Windows PowerShell is now a core part of Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008, you will find these tips handy while you work with Windows PowerShell.