Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows Vista

[CoolCatBad]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a new command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell allows IT professionals to manage computers via commands or scripts, improving productivity through system automation.

[Quillz]

I wonder if this will eventually be integrated into a service pack for Vista.

[Garry]

Well, this is the first step in getting Exchange 2007 System Manager on Vista. PowerShell is a prerequisite - now they 'just' need to fix Exchange :)

[Aero Ultimate]

Finally, a version of Dos for Vista! We really need this garbage just like a fridge at the south pole :x

They should rather spend their time with useful things (like making the Uac less annoying) than wasting their time with such crap :crazy:

[Linkinfamous]

Finally, a version of Dos for Vista! We really need this garbage just like a fridge at the south pole :x

They should rather spend their time with useful things (like making the Uac less annoying) than wasting their time with such crap :crazy:

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

A powerful command line interface is a must for any operating system. In this, Microsoft has been seriously lacking up until the release of powershell. Any developer or system administrator, IT guy, etc needs to have the ability to do things that you simply can't accomplish with a UI, no matter how good it is.

And don't compare this to DOS. We saw the last of DOS 7 years ago. The command prompt in Windows 2000/XP/Vista (cmd.exe) isn't DOS. It's just a command prompt. Powershell will hopefully replace cmd entirely eventually.

[Meshuggah]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh yes! time to tell my friend about this!

[Gibwar]

Woo! Finally... it did take them awhile though! *downloads*

[redfish]

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

A powerful command line interface is a must for any operating system. In this, Microsoft has been seriously lacking up until the release of powershell. Any developer or system administrator, IT guy, etc needs to have the ability to do things that you simply can't accomplish with a UI, no matter how good it is.

And don't compare this to DOS. We saw the last of DOS 7 years ago. The command prompt in Windows 2000/XP/Vista (cmd.exe) isn't DOS. It's just a command prompt. Powershell will hopefully replace cmd entirely eventually.

for regular users powershell could have a great ability to create macros, especially if in the future the shell is based more on managed code.

[Hurmoth]

Finally, a version of Dos for Vista! We really need this garbage just like a fridge at the south pole :x

That is completely inaccurate, comparing PowerShell to Dos. This is more like Bash to Linux than to Dos. PowerShell is an extremely powerful command-line tool that will vastly help Administrators and Power Users control their Windows Vista & Windows Server systems with extreme ease by writing macros and scripts. This is not Dos by no means.

[xxdesmus]

Finally, a version of Dos for Vista! We really need this garbage just like a fridge at the south pole :x

They should rather spend their time with useful things (like making the Uac less annoying) than wasting their time with such crap :crazy:

:blink: <-- That is really all I can say to you.

[dagamer34]

What exactly does Powershell do?

[xxdesmus]

What exactly does Powershell do?

It's a tool primarily geared towards advanced "power users"...

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.

Think of it as a very powerful scripting (macro-based) environment for controlling your computer. If you learn how to you use it you'll be blown away by what it can do. :yes:

[dagamer34]

So sort of like Linux's commandline?

[Hurmoth]

So sort of like Linux's commandline?

It can be considered the equivalent to a Unix shell.

[redfish]

It can be considered the equivalent to a Unix shell.

except its object based, which makes it especially powerful

[Martog]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

64bit version, had to find the sucker! :)