    # File lib/chef/win32/api/unicode.rb, line 136
            def utf8_to_wide(ustring)
              # ensure it is actually UTF-8
              # Ruby likes to mark binary data as ASCII-8BIT
              ustring = (ustring + "").force_encoding('UTF-8') if ustring.respond_to?(:force_encoding) && ustring.encoding.name != "UTF-8"

              # ensure we have the double-null termination Windows Wide likes
              ustring = ustring + "\000\000" if ustring[-1].chr != "\000"

              # encode it all as UTF-16LE AKA Windows Wide Character AKA Windows Unicode
              ustring = begin
                if ustring.respond_to?(:encode)
                  ustring.encode('UTF-16LE')
                else
                  require 'iconv'
                  Iconv.conv("UTF-16LE", "UTF-8", ustring)
                end
              end
              ustring
            end