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Microsoft killing off 3 legacy services in Windows - one of which goes back to the MS-DOS days...

1971Chevelle said:
I have to question why the one was kept around for so long in the first place.

www.xda-developers.com

Microsoft is killing off three legacy services in Windows

Microsoft has announced the deprecation of three legacy services in Windows, one of which was recently described as "disgusting" by a senior manager.
www.xda-developers.com www.xda-developers.com
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DOS has really been gone for a long time, Powershell is the current CLI. DOS is there as an emulation for basic commands. The services mentioned are old and rarely used BUT... there will be some legacy applications that will die if removed.
 
Had a company who wanted to hire me as a consultant to setup and test powershell scripts for windows servers and exchange. I went and met with them and they wanted to see a sample of some of what I've written and they were blown away and offered me the job on the spot and then tried to inform me I'd be teaching their IT staff how to write powershell scripts, and I declined. Then they offered to double the pay and I looked at them for a second and said no again. Got a call later in the day that they still wanted to hire for the second offer (double salary) and I didn't need to teach them, but they wanted me to sign a 1 year contract and work for them for 30 hours a week and I said nope. Then they cut the hours to 20 a week, then 15, then 10. I guess they wanted me but after I saw their setup and what they were doing, they were way below my aptitude and I didn't want to waste my time writing stupidly simple scripts a high schooler could do. I used to love doing the really complicated scripts that executed multiple tasks across the enterprise by selecting options.
 
kmakar said:
Had a company who wanted to hire me as a consultant to setup and test powershell scripts for windows servers and exchange. I went and met with them and they wanted to see a sample of some of what I've written and they were blown away and offered me the job on the spot and then tried to inform me I'd be teaching their IT staff how to write powershell scripts, and I declined. Then they offered to double the pay and I looked at them for a second and said no again. Got a call later in the day that they still wanted to hire for the second offer (double salary) and I didn't need to teach them, but they wanted me to sign a 1 year contract and work for them for 30 hours a week and I said nope. Then they cut the hours to 20 a week, then 15, then 10. I guess they wanted me but after I saw their setup and what they were doing, they were way below my aptitude and I didn't want to waste my time writing stupidly simple scripts a high schooler could do. I used to love doing the really complicated scripts that executed multiple tasks across the enterprise by selecting options.
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Scripting is a special skill.

If I find an example of a Powershell Script I need I can adapt it and make it work in my environment. At work, everything is locked down so tight it takes alot of work to get the rights needed to do a task.
 
Chevelle_Nut said:
Scripting is a special skill.

If I find an example of a Powershell Script I need I can adapt it and make it work in my environment. At work, everything is locked down so tight it takes alot of work to get the rights needed to do a task.
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Heh, I wrote scripts that changed rights, ran the task, then change the rights back. Done it a number of times. Had one admin who thought he was the shit and had his system locked down, so when I ran the script he said wouldn't run, it sent him into a panic and his boss (the CIO) called me into his office and tried to hire me to take that guys position. I respectfully declined. I've always been the guy who liked to just be a contractor and went where the pay and the jobs were a challenge.
 
kmakar said:
Heh, I wrote scripts that changed rights, ran the task, then change the rights back. Done it a number of times. Had one admin who thought he was the shit and had his system locked down, so when I ran the script he said wouldn't run, it sent him into a panic and his boss (the CIO) called me into his office and tried to hire me to take that guys position. I respectfully declined. I've always been the guy who liked to just be a contractor and went where the pay and the jobs were a challenge.
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Powershell is awesome to create roles and services without manual intervention.
 
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