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31Mar PowerShell - Optimised Applications

I’m pretty keen on finding ways to keep my system optimised. So much so that I often break stuff on my machine trying various things but hey, you make an omelette if you don’t break a few eggs.

16Mar PowerShell - How do I install it on Windows Server 2008?

Unlike Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista, Windows PowerShell is not a downloadable component for Windows Server 2008. Here’s how to install it on your Windows Server 2008 machine.

16Mar PowerShell - A note about using .NET & PowerShell together

I should’ve mentioned this in a previous post but I forgot - sorry. When you’re using the .NET assemblies in conjunction with PowerShell, for example when you want to control Windows services, you might sometimes receive a cryptic message that looks similar to the following.

15Mar PowerShell - Checking Windows services status

As I said in my previous post, PowerShell - Why won’t my scripts execute?, Microsoft Powershell is becoming the way to script and automate tasks in Windows.

15Mar PowerShell - Why won’t my scripts execute?

Microsoft Windows Powershell is becoming more and more popular now. It’s quickly going to replace MS-DOS (.cmd/.bat) and VBScript (.vbs) scripts as THE way to do things. If you need to test your scripts locally however, you will not be able to do so with a default PowerShell installation. Here’s why …