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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 '[email protected]'
    Requests an image from Gravatar for the email address '[email protected]'
    If available, it will write a 300 pixel square image in the working dirctory
    with the name [email protected]

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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 no values. 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