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$Computers = @('comp1','comp2'); Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Computers | Format-Table PSComputerName,ServicePackMajorVersion,Version,@{N='BIOSSerial';E={$(Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_BIOS -ComputerName $_.PSComputerName).SerialNumber}}

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#One-liner
Invoke-WebRequest http://www.telize.com/geoip | ConvertFrom-Json | Format-Table Longitude,Latitude,Continent_Code,Timezone -AutoSize

#Function
function Get-GeoIP
{
    param
    (
        [array]$Attributes = '*',
        [IPAddress]$IP

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$filefrom = 'c:\temp\something.txt'
$fileto = 'c:\temp\1\something.txt'
if (-not (test-path $fileto)) 
  {
    $opts = @{'path' = $filefrom; 'destination' = $fileto; 'confirm' = $false}
    copy-item @opts 
  } 
else 
  {
    $opts = @{'path' = $filefrom; 'destination' = $fileto; 'confirm' = $true}

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$dir = 'c:\temp'
$who = 'domain\user'
$acl = Get-Acl $dir
$rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($who,"Modify, DeleteSubdirectoriesAndFiles","ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit","None","Allow")
$acl.AddAccessRule($rule)
Set-Acl $dir $acl

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function something {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
    )
    write-verbose 'something verbose'
}

#outputs nothing
something

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$UTCTime = $(whatever-code-got-you-utc-time)
$strCurrentTimeZone = (Get-WmiObject win32_timezone).StandardName
$TZ = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById($strCurrentTimeZone)
$LocalTime = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTimeFromUtc($UTCTime, $TZ)

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$groups = import-csv "$(get-temp)\groups.csv"
foreach ($gr in $($groups.group))
{
    Get-ADGroupMember $gr | % { Get-ADUser $_.SamAccountName -properties Enabled }
}

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(get-command gimme-exchange).definition

    $arrExchangeServersURI = @("http://redacted/Powershell","http://redacted2/Powershell")
    $success = $false
    ForEach ($connectionURI in $arrExchangeServersURI)
    {
        Try
        {
            If($success -ne $true)
            {

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function Get-SearchResults {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory,Position=0)]
        [string]$SearchTerms
    )

    $searchURL = "http://www.bing.com/search?q=$([System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($searchTerms))"
    $searchResults = Invoke-WebRequest $searchURL
    $searchResults.links | ? { $_.href -match 'http' } | select innertext,href -first 10

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#don't store names and members in variables like this
#don't name variables like this
#handle hashtable "already contains key" errors better than this
#don't do this

$list1 = 'list1 name'
$list1mem = @('list 1 members')
 
$list2 = 'list2 name'
$list2mem = @('list 2 members')