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Technical Blogging Style Guide

Write technical blog posts following these comprehensive style guidelines:

Core Writing Philosophy

• Problem-first approach: Always start with a real, frustrating problem that developers/admins face
• Personal credibility: Include anecdotes from professional experience to establish authority
• Progressive revelation: Unveil the problem's depth layer by layer, building tension
• Solutions-oriented: Always provide working, tested solutions that readers can implement immediately

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function Get-WindowsUpdateHistory {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
        [ValidateSet(
            'Windows Server 2025',
            'Windows Server 2022',
            'Windows 11, version 24H2',
            'Windows 11, version 23H2',
            'Windows 10, version 22H2',

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$Appx = Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Where-Object {
    $_.PackageFamilyName -eq "MicrosoftCorporationII.Windows365_8wekyb3d8bbwe"
} | Select-Object -First 1

if (-not $Appx) {
    Write-Error "Windows365 MSRDC package not found."
    return
}

$Source = Join-Path $Appx.InstallLocation "msrdc"

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function New-PSHostSession {
    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'ById')]
    param (
        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'ById', Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [int] $Id,

        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'ByProcess', Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [System.Diagnostics.Process] $Process,

        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'ByCustomPipeName', Mandatory = $true)]

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param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
    [string] $InputPath,
    [string] $OutputPath,
    [ValidateSet("x64", "arm64")]
    [string] $TargetArch = "x64",
    [ValidateSet("windows", "linux", "osx")]
    [string] $TargetOS = "windows",
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string] $RuntimeConfigFile,

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#!/usr/bin/env pwsh

param(
    [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $true)]
    [string] $ZipFilePath,

    [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true)]
    [string] $FilePattern,

    [Parameter(Position = 2, Mandatory = $true)]

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function Install-WinDbg {
    param(
        [switch] $Start
    )

    # Change default progress preference (faster downloads)
    $DefaultProgressPreference = $ProgressPreference
    $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'

    Write-Host "Downloading windbg.appinstaller (XML manifest file)"

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function Install-DbgHelp {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
        [string] $DbgHelpBaseDir,

        [Parameter()]
        [string[]] $DbgHelpFiles = @('dbghelp.dll','symsrv.dll','srcsrv.dll'),

        [Parameter()]
        [switch] $Cleanup

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Add-Type -TypeDefinition @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace WinCred
{
    public enum CRED_MARSHAL_TYPE
    {
        CertCredential = 1,
        UsernameTargetCredential,

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Add-Type -TypeDefinition @'
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

public enum DSREG_JOIN_TYPE {
    DSREG_UNKNOWN_JOIN = 0,
    DSREG_DEVICE_JOIN = 1,
    DSREG_WORKPLACE_JOIN = 2
}