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Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

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Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 build with some fixes, a new feature for the Microsoft Store, and PowerShell changes. Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 preview build from the Canary ...

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