Microsoft’s September servicing quietly removes two long‑standing administration tools — the legacy Windows PowerShell 2.0 engine and the WMIC (Windows Management Instrumentation Command‑line) tool — from certain Windows 11 images, a deliberate security‑first move that closes well‑documented...
The sun has finally set on a little-known but significant chapter of Windows history: PowerShell 2.0 has been fully removed from the latest preview builds of Windows 11, with Microsoft confirming that its disappearance will become standard in an upcoming mainstream update. While the majority of...
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