Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows XP Pro

In order to take advantage of Windows PowerShell on your Windows XP Pro machine, you must download and install it. Follow these steps:
1.Go to the How to Get Windows PowerShell 1.0 page.
2.Download and install .NET Framework 2.0 if it's not already installed on your system.
3.After .NET Framework 2.0 is installed, download and install the Windows XP Service Pack 2 -- Windows PowerShell 1.0 version that matches your platform (x86 or x64).

Once Windows PowerShell is installed, go to the Scripting with Windows PowerShell page and take a look at the resources in the Getting Started section. If you want to see sample Windows PowerShell scripts, check out the Script Center Script Repository

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