Shutting down a computer is almost as common a task as starting one. "Start – Shut Down" has become part of the IT vernacular over the course of many years and through multiple versions of Windows. With the dawning of Windows 8, this tried-and-true phrase...

A little while ago David posted a really handy solution for evacuating a Hyper-V cluster node on shutdown automatically. The issue that he is trying to address is that normally you should not just shutdown a node in a cluster, rather you should manually...

If you are running Hyper-V or Virtual Server in a clustered configuration - you need to be careful about just shutting down a cluster node. If you need to shutdown one of the cluster nodes you need to first open the cluster manager and select to either...