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Microsoft finally bids farewell to PowerShell 2.0

Users still clinging on to PowerShell 2.0 just received notice to quit as the command-line tool is officially leaving Windows.… The confirmation came in a Windows Insider update. The move away from ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Removes PowerShell 2.0 From Windows 11 Insider After 16 Years

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel, which has updates for early testers. But one of the biggest and most noticeable changes is the removal of Windows ...
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Windows 11 Is Finally Removing PowerShell 2.0

Microsoft has fully removed PowerShell 2.0 from preview builds of Windows 11, and the change will roll out for everyone “in an upcoming update.” Most people probably won’t notice the removal, but it’s ...
HotHardware

Windows 11 Patch Deletes PowerShell 2.0 And One More App Power Users Will Miss

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...