Microsoft is killing this 25-year-old Windows tool. Your scripts might break

Microsoft is finally bidding farewell to a tool that has been part of the operating system since Windows XP: the Windows ...

Microsoft Removes WMIC From Windows 11 Beta: What Users Need to Do Now

Microsoft removed WMIC from a Windows 11 Beta build. Learn what the change means for security, legacy scripts, and supported ...
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Windows 11 Patch Deletes PowerShell 2.0 And One More App Power Users Will Miss

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...

Windows is losing a command-line tool that dates back to the Windows 2000 days

Microsoft recently released a new Insider Preview Build of Windows 11, giving unpaid beta testers an early look at features ...
Windows Latest

Windows 11 is fully removing a legacy tool that malware and ransomware have abused for years, meet WMIC

Microsoft is cleaning up Windows 11 and removing multiple legacy features, starting with WMIC, in hopes that it makes the OS ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Removes PowerShell 2.0 From Windows 11 Insider After 16 Years

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel, which has updates for early testers. But one of the biggest and most noticeable changes is the removal of Windows ...
Windows Latest

Tested: Windows 11 has fully removed the legacy tool abused by cybercriminals for malware and ransomware, called WMIC

Windows 11 has a command-line tool called Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC), which is mostly used by ...
XDA Developers

PowerShell vs Windows PowerShell: How are they different?

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...