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<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Retrieve an icon from Gravatar
.DESCRIPTION
    Retrieve an icon from Gravatar for the provided email address. 
.EXAMPLE
    PS C:\> Get-Gravatar -EmailAddress 'sally@example.com'
    Requests an image from Gravatar for the email address 'sally@example.com'
    If available, it will write a 300 pixel square image in the working dirctory
    with the name sally@example.com.jpg

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# Get the bing image of the day.

$root_url = 'http://www.bing.com'
$dst_dir = Join-Path $HOME '/Documents/Pictures/deskFeed/'
if (!(Test-Path $dst_dir -PathType Container)) {
    new-item -Path $dst_dir -ItemType Container | Out-Null
}
$validFileTypes = ("jpg","jpeg","png")
$targetRes = "1920x1080" # Retina MacBook Pro 2015
[Int32]$numberOfImagesToFetch = 20

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function Search-FileIndex {
<#
.PARAMETER Path
Absoloute or relative path. Has to be in the Search Index for results to be presented.
.PARAMETER Pattern
File name or pattern to search for. Defaults to *.*. Aliased to Filter to ergonomically match Get-ChildItem.
.PARAMETER Text
Free text to search for in the files defined by the pattern.
.PARAMETER Recurse
Add the parameter to perform a recursive search. Default is false.

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# Based on the format described at http://podcast411.com/howto_1.html

function createRssElement{
param(
  [string]$elementName,
  [string]$value,
  $parent
)

  $thisNode = $rss.CreateElement($elementName)

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Get-EventLog -LogName System -newest 100 | where {$_.EventID -match '1001|1003'} | %{ $_.Message }

# or

Get-EventLog -LogName application -Newest 1000 | where {$_.EventID -match '1001|1003'} | select timewritten, message | % { 
    Write-Host "`n$('*'*80)"
    Write-Host $_.message 
)

# or

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# Scans the 192.168.1.nnn hosts for http responses.
for ($i = 1; $i -ile 254; $i++) {
    $testAddress = "192.168.1." + $i
    $info = Test-NetConnection -ComputerName $testAddress -CommonTCPPort http -InformationLevel Quiet
    if ($info -eq $true)
    {
        write-host "$testAddress is listening on 80 for HTTP traffic" 
    }
}

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# Current User
dir Cert:\CurrentUser\ -Recurse | where {(($_.Issuer -ne $null) -and ($_.Issuer.ToString() -match '.*Apple.*')) }
dir Cert:\CurrentUser\ -Recurse | where {(($_.Issuer -ne $null) -and ($_.Issuer.ToString() -match '.*Microsoft.*')) }
# Current Machine
dir Cert:\LocalMachine\ -Recurse | where {(($_.Issuer -ne $null) -and ($_.Issuer.ToString() -match '.*Apple.*')) }
dir Cert:\LocalMachine\ -Recurse | where {(($_.Issuer -ne $null) -and ($_.Issuer.ToString() -match '.*Microsoft.*')) }

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Import-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Security
set-location cert:
Get-ChildItem -recurse | Where-Object {$_.Thumbprint -match "98A04E4163357790C4A79E6D713FF0AF51FE6927"} | write-host "eDellRoot Found"

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gci . -recurse -filter *.ps* | % {
        $MyFile = gc $_.Fullname -raw
        $MyPath = $_.Fullname
        [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($MyPath, $MyFile, [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]($False))
}

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Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -Namespace "root\cimv2" | format-list Caption, Version