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Contents at a Glance
1 The Shell in Windows PowerShell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Scripting Windows PowerShell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3 Managing Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4 Managing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5 Managing Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
6 Managing Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
7 Desktop Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
8 Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
9 Configuring Desktop Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
10 Managing Post-Deployment Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
11 Managing User Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
12 Troubleshooting Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
13 Managing Domain Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
14 Configuring the Cluster Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
15 Managing Internet Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
16 Working with the Certificate Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
17 Managing the Terminal Services Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
18 Configuring Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
19 Working with Windows Server 2008 Server Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
A Cmdlet Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
B ActiveX Data Object Provider Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
C Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
D Scripting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
E General Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
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