Windows Configuration

Windows Powershell is a new command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell enables IT professionals and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

Windows PowerShell includes:

One hundred and twenty-nine command-line tools (called "cmdlets") for performing common system administration tasks, such as managing services, processes, event logs, certificates, the registry, and using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Command-line tools are easy to learn and easy to use with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and simple tools for sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.
Support for existing scripting languages and existing command-line tools, and multiple versions of Windows, including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server code name "Longhorn".

Feature that allows users to navigate data stores, like the registry and certificate stores, as if they were a file system.

Standard utilities for managing Windows data in different stores and formats, including Active Directory (ADSI), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Component Object Model (COM) objects, Active X Data Objects (ADO), HTML and XML.

Sophisticated expression parsing and .NET object manipulation at the command line, including pipelining of objects, make IT professionals more efficient and productive.

Extensible interface that allows independent software vendors and enterprise developers to build custom cmdlets to meet their unique application and system administration requirements.

Supported Operating Systems:
Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Ultimate.

You can get it here: Windows PowerShell for 32 bit Vista or Windows PowerShell for 64 bit Vista.

By default, not all files are indexed in the new Vista Indexing System. To add a new file type to be indexed, follow these steps.

Click Start and type index and hit enter.

In the Indexing Options window, click on the Advanced button:

Then type in the new extension and click "Add new extension"

If you want the file contents to be indexed as well, find the file type in the list and make sure you select the "Index Properties and File Contents" radio button.

There are new Windows PowerShell Training Videos available at Winstructor. You'll find them here: Windows PowerShell Training