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Windows 8.1 - Shutdown and Shutdown

Hey there, when i watched the last edition of “[The Defrag Show](http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Defrag-Show/Defrag-Migration-Documentation-Folder-...

PowerShell Desired State Configuration - My first experiences

During the past weeks I have been reading and listening about PowerShell Desired State Configuration a new feature introduced with PowerShell 4.0 whic...

PowerShell Script - Are we running as Admin?

While exploring some of the new cmdlets that come with Windows 8.1 I came across [Test-NetConnection](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn372...

PowerShell Script - Get-ComputerGeolocation

**28-OCT-2013 Update**: I have updated the script to retry when the status of the location provider is in initializing mode. The below script uses the...

How to build a site Windows 8.1 tile for your blog

With just a few clicks and pasting 3 lines of code you can create a Windows 8.1 live tile for your blog. Here’s what you need to do. Navigate to [http...

Windows 8.1 Command Prompt or PowerShell

If you have used the Windows 8.1 preview build, you will have noticed that the X-Menu by default had PowerShell enabled instead of the Command Prompt....