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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses using Windows PowerShell 3.0 to configure a virtual machine on his laptop. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I really appreciate is weekends. Most of the time, I do not even open my email. Freedom from email is something I dream about. Recently, my cell phone w...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to easily create a new virtual machine on a computer running Windows 8. Playing around with the Hyper-V module Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is autumn in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States—as autumn as we get in the Deep South. The S...

Summary:  Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to locate modern apps installed on a computer running Windows 8.  How can you use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to find out which modern apps are installed on a computer running Windows 8?  Use the Get-AppxPackage cmdlet:           ...

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...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses using the DISM module in Windows 8 to work with desktop settings. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I are looking forward to the Central Ohio PowerShell User Group (COPUG) in Columbus, Ohio next week. We have not been back to Columbus since we were there f...