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• Mark Russinovich Explains MinWin Once and For All

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition on Oct 30 2008, 06:24 PM

  Filed under: Windows Server Core, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, MinWin

  A lot of people assume that MinWin is a Microsoft effort to completely rewrite the Windows Kernel from scratch. That may be based on earlier (limited) explanations about what it does, or it may have a lot to do with people assuming, due to people’s efforts
  

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• Windows PowerShell (and .NET) on Windows Server 2008 Core

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition on Jun 12 2008, 06:17 AM

  Filed under: Windows Server Core, Windows Server 2008

  Windows PowerShell is an incredibly powerful tool that makes managing servers a LOT easier. The problem is, you can’t run it on Server Core, which is arguably where it would be most useful. The reason is that PowerShell requires the .NET Framework, which
  

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