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Summary: Learn how to find out about dynamic parameters for certain Windows PowerShell providers.  How can I easily find out about parameters that are added to cmdlets when they are used with a specific Windows PowerShell provider?  Use the Get-Help cmdlet and look for the Help topic related to the provider. Near the bottom...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find installed video codecs on Windows 8.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Dude, I am in trouble. Big time! Last week, I installed Windows 8 on the laptops used by all our department heads and front-line supervisors. I thought the responsiveness and the apps wou...

Summary: Learn how to count the number of commands exposed by imported Windows PowerShell modules.  I want to know how many commands are available through the modules I have imported into my current Windows PowerShell session. How can I do this?  Use the Get-Module cmdlet and pipe the results to the Foreach-Object ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to shut down all virtual machines on a server running Hyper-V prior to shutting down the server.  Hey, Scripting Guy! From time to time I need to shut down one of our servers that is running the Hyper-V role. The problem is that these servers have multiple virtua...

Summary: Learn how to turn off Windows PowerShell module auto-loading.  I want to disable the Windows PowerShell 3.0 module automatic loading of modules. How do I do this?  Set the value of the $PSModuleAutoloadingPreference automatic variable to none, as shown here. $PSModuleAutoloadingPreference = "none" Note&nb...