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# Works with PowerShell v2, but only works with very simple JSON
function Get-SimpleJSON {
    param(        
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
        ValueFromPipeline=$True)]
        [Alias('Uri')]
        [string]$JSONUri,
        
        [Alias('CamelCase')]
        [switch]$TitleCase

poshcodebear

# Get-WMIObject:
Days              : 0
Hours             : 0
Minutes           : 7
Seconds           : 11
Milliseconds      : 568
Ticks             : 4315681996
TotalDays         : 0.00499500231018519
TotalHours        : 0.119880055444444
TotalMinutes      : 7.19280332666667

poshcodebear

$computers = Get-ADComputer -SearchBase (Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter {Name -eq 'Servers'} ) -Filter * | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
Measure-Command {
	Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $computers -ErrorAction ignore
}
Measure-Command {
	Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $computers -ErrorAction ignore
}

poshcodebear

function Get-PCBUptime {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
A simple tool for checking how long a system on the network has been running since last boot.
.DESCRIPTION
Get-PCBUptime is a quick WMI-based tool for determinging a remote system's uptime.  It is useful for verifying
what a user says when asked if they've rebooted their machine recently.

Get-PCBUptime is written by and copyright of Christopher R. Lowery, aka The PowerShell Bear (poshcodebear.com; Twitter: @poshcodebear)
It is free for all to use, and free to distribute with attribution to the original author.

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$Server = 'server'
$Shares = Get-Content -Path C:\temp\server-shares.txt

$output = foreach ($Share in $Shares) {
    $Path = "\\$Server\$Share"
    Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse | `
        where attributes -like *directory* | `
        Get-Acl | `
        Where-Object {$_.AreAccessRulesProtected -eq $True} | `
        Select-Object @{Label='Directory';Expression={$_.path.split(':')[-1]}}

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$BirthDay = Get-Date "8-16-1989 17:55"
$BirthDay.AddSeconds(1000000000)

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$Setup = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup'
$Main = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main'
$Versions = '9', '10', '11'

#Disable upgrading to Versions listed above
try { Get-Item -Path $Setup -ErrorAction Stop }
catch { New-Item -Path $Setup }

foreach ($ver in $Versions) {
    if ([int]$ver -lt 10) { $dna = $ver + '0' }

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$NS = Resolve-DnsName -Name domain.tld -Type NS | `
    Where {$_.Type -eq 'NS'} | `
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty NameHost

$output = foreach ($server in $NS) {
    $forwarders = Get-DNSServer -ComputerName $server | `
                  Select-Object -ExpandProperty ServerForwarder | `
                  Select-Object -ExpandProperty IPAddress | `
                  Select-Object -ExpandProperty IPAddressToString

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Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -Properties ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion | `
	where {$_.ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion -eq $False} | `
	Set-ADOrganizationalUnit -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $True

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$vms = Get-VM

$output = foreach ($vm in $vms) {
	foreach ($adapter in $vm.NetworkAdapters) {
		$props = @{'Name' = $vm.Name;
				   'Type' = $adapter.Type}

        $obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $props
        Write-Output $obj
	}