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Display all powershell history

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Running PowerShell Commands as Administrator - Needed for System/Server/User Administration

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Display all powershell history

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Running PowerShell Commands as Administrator - Needed for System/Server/User Administration

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Display all powershell history

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REAL Aliases with Powershell

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More Useful Commands

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 == '''Setup Windows Command-line(CMD) Aliases Similar to Alias in Linux/UNIX''' ==

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	This will open up a new PowerShell window with administrative privileges.		This will open up a new PowerShell window with administrative privileges.
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		+	If you are in a CMD/DOS/Command Prompt, first type "powershell" to start PowerShell, and then just follow the above commands to open an elevated PowerShell window in which you can then run administrative commands to manage your system.
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 == '''Display all powershell history''' ==
 New versions of Powershell automatically save history to:
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 == Running PowerShell Commands as Administrator - Needed for System/Server/User Administration ==
 Many, if not most, administrative PowerShell commands require being run as the Administrator user or what is referred to as elevated privileges. Depending on if you are wanting to open a window from a CMD/Command prompt, or if you are opening it from a PowerShell command prompt, the process is very similar.
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-From PowerShell, here is the command to open an elevated PowerShell window to then run administrative command from:
+Display All Command History One Page at a Time:
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-PS C:\Users\jamie.DAWGLAND> Start-Process powershell -verb runas
+Get-Content (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath | more
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 If you are in a CMD/DOS/Command Prompt, first type "powershell" to start PowerShell, and then just follow the above commands to open an elevated PowerShell window in which you can then run administrative commands to manage your system.

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 == '''REAL Aliases with Powershell''' ==
-Powershell actually has full support for "Real" aliases!  As there are so many, here is a URl at Microsoft listing all Powershell built-in aliases, as well as information on how to create your own custom alias for use with Powershell.
+Powershell actually has full support for "Real" aliases! It contains many built-in aliases, and has the ability to create any type of custom alias you can imagine!
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 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/shell/using-aliases?view=powershell-7.4

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-== '''Setup Aliases Similar to Alias in Linux/UNIX''' ==
+== '''Setup Windows Command-line(CMD) Aliases Similar to Alias in Linux/UNIX''' ==
 I find the ability to creating and using custom "shortcut" commands, commonly referred to "Aliases".
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 Instead of using DOSKEY, I find the solution at this URL to be best for my needs:
 https://superuser.com/questions/183475/how-to-alias-commands-on-windows-command-prompt
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 Changing lock sceen time-out using the command line:
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-Open a new command-prompt window as Administrator, and use this command, substituting the last number "600" to what you want, without the quotes.  "600" equals 5 minutes.  "0" equals "NEVER".
+Open a new command-prompt window as Administrator, and use this command, substituting the last number "300" to what you want, without the quotes.  "300" equals 5 minutes.  "0" equals "NEVER".
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-powercfg.exe /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK 600
+powercfg.exe /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK 300
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