Windows 8 brings PowerShell v3 and a whole bunch of PowerShell modules.  One such module is NETTCPIP and as the name suggests is about networking. PowerShell v3 automatically loads modules for you so as soon as PowerShell opens try PS> Get-NetIPConfiguration InterfaceAlias       : Ethernet InterfaceIndex       : 13 InterfaceDescription : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet NetProfile.Name      : Unidentified

The Windows 8 start screen has a nice looking app to display the weather. You can search for towns and cities to add to the display. My home town (or even the nearest big town) doesn’t show in the results returned by the search. The nearest town I can find is 50 miles away. In England that can be a whole different weather pattern. On a whim I tried searching for my post code – came up with the correct village and displays. US zip codes also seem to work.  Haven’t tried for any other countries

When you do an upgrade or a new install on a system that already has Windows installed you get a Windows.old folder left behind with a whole bunch of stuff you no longer need. The permissions aren’t reset so you have a painful experience getting rid of it and as its quite a few GB you really do want it gone. While not insurmountable the problem should never have arisen in the first place

I’ve upgraded two machines to Windows 8 The first is my main working laptop: Windows 8 Enterprise can’t do an in place upgrade of Windows 7 Ultimate. So had to re-install all my applications. Took the opportunity to upgrade to Office 2013 and Visual Studio 2012 Following installed and work: Adobe Digital Editions Camtasia Snaggit Live mail 2012 Palm eReader Skype Magic Disk is no longer required because Windows 8 can mount .iso files in the file system.  Right click an .iso file in File Explorer

A few things really including: If you sign out you lose any downloads! There doesn’t appear to be any way to read kindle format ebooks obtained from other sources. In other words you are locked into Amazon If you sync your settings between Windows 8 systems – seems like a good idea – then only have a single registration for your Windows 8 Kindles Not accessible directly from the Windows desktop One the plus side it seems to work OK and the reading experience is reasonable, but the inability to read

Downloaded and installed PowerShell v3 and its associated new operating system (Windows 8) from MSDN in the week. One nice new cmdlet is Unblock-File. Download a bunch of files from the Internet and you have to unblock them.  Its now this easy Get-ChildItem -Filter *.d* | Unblock-File

Next weeks session http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/07/11/uk-powershell-group-session-31-july-2012.aspx is CANCELLED due to illness. I’ll reschedule for late August / early September

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When: Tuesday, Jul 31, 2012 7:30 PM (BST) Where: Virtual *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Workflow is one of the big new features in PowerShell v3. This session introduces how it works and some of the quirks associated with this new technology Notes Richard Siddaway has invited you to attend an online meeting using Live Meeting. Join the meeting. Audio Information Computer Audio To use computer audio, you need speakers and microphone, or a headset. First Time Users: To save time before the meeting, check your

The recording from last nights PowerShell group session – PowerShell and XenDesktop is available from https://skydrive.live.com/?sc=documents&cid=43cfa46a74cf3e96#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%212968&sc=documents   The slides and demo are available from http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2012/07/slides-from-powershell-and-xendesktop-5-session-at-the-uk-powershell-usergroup.html   Enjoy