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Summary: Guest blogger, Yung Chou, talks about using Windows PowerShell to develop a minimal footprint with Features on Demand. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have another guest blog post from my fellow Microsoftee, Yung Chou. Yung is a developer experience evangelist; and therefore, he spends a decent amount of time talking t...

Summary: Guest blogger, Marc Carter, reprises his popular blog post about locating installed software. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Marc Carter is joining us again today with another guest blog post... Looking back a couple years ago to my previous post, Use PowerShell to Quickly Find Installed Software, I find it interesting to ref...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about uninstalling modern apps. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is the weekend here in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Scripting Wife decided that we would go to the Blue Ridge Classic Horse Show today, so she actually got up early, and got everything ready for the trip. She even pac...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to look at modern apps in Windows 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I love about Windows 8 (including my Surface RT) are the modern apps. They are, well, just so modern. Of course, what I really like about them are the Windows PowerShel...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to compare modern app installation on two computers. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a small cadre of rogue users at work. They work in engineering, and they seem to act like they are beyond the realm of normal IT control. In fact, when they were told that they co...