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SUMMARY: Announcing the 2014 Windows PowerShell heroes from PowerShell.Org The PowerShell.Org community announced today the results of their 2014 PowerShell Heroes poll. The community results are in. You can read the complete announcement on PowerShell.Org. The five 2014 PowerShell Heroes are listed here: 1. Teresa Wilson, aka the Scripting Wife &n...

Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy and PowerShell MVP, Don Jones, makes his Windows PowerShell community predictions for 2014.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I invited Don Jones, Windows PowerShell MVP and Honorary Scripting Guy, to write some predictions for 2014. And now, here’s Don… 2014 is shaping up to be a big yea...

Summary: Learn how to disable module autoloading in Windows PowerShell.  How can disable module autoloading in Windows PowerShell?  Set the value of $PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference to “none”: $PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference = "none"

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to list all virtual machines.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to get a list of virtual machines and their state on my Windows 8 laptop?  Open Windows PowerShell with Admin rights, and use the Get-VM cmdlet.

Summary: The Scripting Wife reveals the top five Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts for 2013. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. As you all know, the Scripting Wife is very active in the Windows PowerShell community, and she loves to help where she can. I decided to challenge her to write a few blog posts this week. Here is the first one. Tak...