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Chapter 1: What Is Windows PowerShell?

Double-click on

Windows6.0-KB950099-x86.msu

if you are installing WinRM on a 32-bit Windows oper-

ating system. Double-click on

Windows6.0-KB950099-x64.msu

if you are installing it on a 64-bit Windows

operating system.

If you already have Windows PowerShell 1.0 installed on your machine, then you have to uninstall

PowerShell 1.0 ﬁrst and then install PowerShell 2.0 CTP3.

To uninstall Windows PowerShell 1.0, follow these steps:

1. Click Start ➪ Run, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.

2. Select the Show Updates check box (on the top in the middle).

3. In the list of currently installed programs, click Windows PowerShell(TM) 1.0, and then click

Remove. If you don’t see Windows PowerShell(TM) 1.0, please look for Windows Hotﬁx

926139, 926140, or 926141.

4. Follow the instructions to remove Windows PowerShell(TM) 1.0.

If you already have Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP1 or CTP2, you have to uninstall them also. They

appear as ‘‘Windows PowerShell V2 (TM)’’ in the program list.

In Windows 2008, Windows PowerShell 1.0 is made visible as a Windows feature. You can disable and

uninstall the

PowerShell

feature as described here:

1. Click Start at the Windows taskbar.

2. Click Server Manager  Features  Add Feature, and uncheck the Windows PowerShell

check box.

3. Click Next to uninstall.

Now that you have the acceptable operating system, the .NET Framework, and Windows Remote Man-

agement, the next section provides the steps needed to actually install Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP3.

Installing Windows PowerShell

To install Windows PowerShell on Windows XP or Windows 2003 systems, do the following:

1. Download the Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP3 installation ﬁle from

www.Microsoft.com/

downloads

. The name of the installation ﬁle varies according to platform, operating system,

and language pack. Choose the appropriate version for your operating system. If you have a

64-bit Windows operating system, then please download

PowerShell_Setup_amd64.msi

,as

shown in Figure 1-6. If you have a 32-bit Windows operating system, then please download

PowerShell_Setup_x86.msi

, as shown in Figure 1-7.

2. After downloading the appropriate version for your operating system, you will see the ini-

tial screen of the installation wizard, similar to the one shown in Figure 1-8. Click Next.

3. Accept the license agreement, as shown in Figure 1-9, and click Next.