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How to open Windows Firewall ports using PowerShell

Recently I presenting at a conference and needed to demonstrate WMI. I specifically wanted to use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet instead of the new Get-CimInstance cmdlet because I wanted the demo to be useful for those still running PowerShell V2. All my remote computers are running Server 2012 and already have PowerShell Remoting enabled, so the … Continue reading How to open Windows Firewall ports using PowerShell

How to use PowerShell to check for SLAT (Second Level Address Translation) for Windows 8 Hyper-V

I don’t know if you know this but if your going to try and use Hyper-V on Windows 8 your processor must support SLAT (Second Level Address Translation). Many of the Intel i7 processors do, but not all of them. I wanted to check a list of computers to see if they supported the extensions … Continue reading How to use PowerShell to check for SLAT (Second Level Address Translation) for Windows 8 Hyper-V