Vista - General question

Why is there a of Power shell build for each platform? Isn't based on .NET
2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0 framework is installed?

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Thank you,

Steve Schofield
Windows Server MVP - IIS
ASPInsider Member - MCP

http://www.orcsweb.com/
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Take two.... Why is there a build of Powershell for each platform? Isn't
Powershell based on .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0
framework is installed?

~Steve

"Steve Schofield" <steve@orcsweb.com> wrote in message
news:9DD0B942-2B2F-4E63-825F-B6AE088687CF@microsoft.com...
> Why is there a of Power shell build for each platform? Isn't based on
> .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0 framework is installed?
>
> --
>
> Thank you,
>
> Steve Schofield
> Windows Server MVP - IIS
> ASPInsider Member - MCP
>
> http://www.orcsweb.com/
> Managed Complex Hosting
> #1 in Service and Support
>

PowerShell doesn't just interact with .net it also has to work with the OS
and as there are difefrenecs between the various versions of windows you need
flavours of PowerShell to accomodate this e.g. the installer technology on XP
is different to that on Vista
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"Steve Schofield" wrote:

> Take two.... Why is there a build of Powershell for each platform? Isn't
> Powershell based on .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0
> framework is installed?
>
> ~Steve
>
> "Steve Schofield" <steve@orcsweb.com> wrote in message
> news:9DD0B942-2B2F-4E63-825F-B6AE088687CF@microsoft.com...
> > Why is there a of Power shell build for each platform? Isn't based on
> > .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0 framework is installed?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Steve Schofield
> > Windows Server MVP - IIS
> > ASPInsider Member - MCP
> >
> > http://www.orcsweb.com/
> > Managed Complex Hosting
> > #1 in Service and Support
> >
>

Actually, it's entirely an installer thing. We ship the same bits for all
operating systems, but as you point out -- different operating systems have
different requirements for the installer.

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Lee Holmes [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell Development
Microsoft Corporation
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"RichS" <RichS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> PowerShell doesn't just interact with .net it also has to work with the OS
> and as there are difefrenecs between the various versions of windows you
> need
> flavours of PowerShell to accomodate this e.g. the installer technology on
> XP
> is different to that on Vista
> --
> Richard Siddaway
> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
> PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
>
>
> "Steve Schofield" wrote:
>
>> Take two.... Why is there a build of Powershell for each platform? Isn't
>> Powershell based on .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0
>> framework is installed?
>>
>> ~Steve
>>
>> "Steve Schofield" <steve@orcsweb.com> wrote in message
>> news:9DD0B942-2B2F-4E63-825F-B6AE088687CF@microsoft.com...
>> > Why is there a of Power shell build for each platform? Isn't based on
>> > .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0 framework is
>> > installed?
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Steve Schofield
>> > Windows Server MVP - IIS
>> > ASPInsider Member - MCP
>> >
>> > http://www.orcsweb.com/
>> > Managed Complex Hosting
>> > #1 in Service and Support
>> >
>>

Right, we need the OS to treat as as a Windows Component hence we must
conform to the OS specific installation technologies.

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Abhishek Agrawal [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell Team
Microsoft Corporation
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Lee Holmes [MSFT]" <lee.holmes@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ebY5Rz9SHHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Actually, it's entirely an installer thing. We ship the same bits for all
> operating systems, but as you point out -- different operating systems
> have different requirements for the installer.
>
> --
> Lee Holmes [MSFT]
> Windows PowerShell Development
> Microsoft Corporation
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "RichS" <RichS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8B323811-84A5-4BE5-9B0A-EA08163F1660@microsoft.com...
>> PowerShell doesn't just interact with .net it also has to work with the
>> OS
>> and as there are difefrenecs between the various versions of windows you
>> need
>> flavours of PowerShell to accomodate this e.g. the installer technology
>> on XP
>> is different to that on Vista
>> --
>> Richard Siddaway
>> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
>> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
>> PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
>>
>>
>> "Steve Schofield" wrote:
>>
>>> Take two.... Why is there a build of Powershell for each platform?
>>> Isn't
>>> Powershell based on .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0
>>> framework is installed?
>>>
>>> ~Steve
>>>
>>> "Steve Schofield" <steve@orcsweb.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9DD0B942-2B2F-4E63-825F-B6AE088687CF@microsoft.com...
>>> > Why is there a of Power shell build for each platform? Isn't based on
>>> > .NET 2.0 so it could install anywhere the .NET 2.0 framework is
>>> > installed?
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > Thank you,
>>> >
>>> > Steve Schofield
>>> > Windows Server MVP - IIS
>>> > ASPInsider Member - MCP
>>> >
>>> > http://www.orcsweb.com/
>>> > Managed Complex Hosting
>>> > #1 in Service and Support
>>> >
>>>
>
>