Windows Power User Shortcuts & Hidden Commands Cheat Sheet

# List all local users
Get-LocalUser

# Add a new local user (run as admin)
net user <username> <password> /add

# Add user to local Administrators group
net localgroup administrators <username> /add

# List members of local Administrators group
Get-LocalGroupMember Administrators

# List all volumes
Get-Volume

# List physical disks
Get-Disk | Select Number, FriendlyName, OperationalStatus, Size

# List file system drives
Get-PSDrive | Where { $_.Provider -like '*FileSystem*' }

# Run check disk (read-only)
chkdsk C:

# Test TCP connectivity to a host
Test-NetConnection google.com

# Full network adapter configuration
ipconfig /all

# List adapters with status and MAC address
Get-NetAdapter | Select Name, Status, MacAddress

# Continuous ping
ping 8.8.8.8 -t

# TCP connections grouped by state
Get-NetTCPConnection | Group-Object -Property State

# Run Disk Cleanup with preset profile
cleanmgr /sagerun:1

# Delete all files in C:\Temp recursively
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Recurse | Remove-Item -Force

# Last 10 Application errors (Level 2 = Error)
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='Application'; Level=2} | Select -First 10

# Start an interactive remote session
Enter-PSSession -ComputerName <hostname>

# Force restart the local machine
Restart-Computer -Force

# Start all stopped services
Get-Service | Where { $_.Status -eq 'Stopped' } | Start-Service

# List all scheduled tasks in table format
schtasks /query /fo table /v