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Documentation update; Add advice about using unpatched Windows Management Framework 3.0. #10926

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Expand Up @@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ To automate setup of WinRM, you can run `this PowerShell script <https://github.
Admins may wish to modify this setup slightly, for instance to increase the timeframe of
the certificate.

.. note::
On Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 machines, due to a bug in Windows
Management Framework 3.0, it may be necessary to install this
hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2842230 to avoid receiving
out of memory and stack overflow exceptions. Newly-installed Server 2008
R2 systems which are not fully up to date with windows updates are known
to have this issue.

Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 are not affected by this issue as they
come with Windows Management Framework 4.0.

.. _getting_to_powershell_three_or_higher:

Getting to PowerShell 3.0 or higher
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