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Function Get-Uptime {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Gets uptime of computers via WMI and displays results in hours, mins and seconds.
    
    .Description
    Gets uptime of computers and displays results in hours, mins and seconds. Written for http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/04/18/advanced-practice-for-2013-scripting-games.aspx
    
    .Parameter ComputerName
    The hostname, alias, or IP of the computer from which to get the uptime

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Function IsPingable {
    <#
    .Synopsis
    Pings a server and returns TRUE or FALSE.
     
    .Description
    Uses WMI to ping a server, and returns TRUE if a status code of 0 is returned, otherwise returns FALSE. Useful for quick checks to see if a server exists and is online.
     
    .Parameter Computer
    The computer's Hostname, FQDN, or IP to be pinged.

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Function Get-LockedADAccounts {
  <#
	
  .Synopsis
  Gets lockout events from event logs on domain controllers

  .Description
	Searches event logs of domain controllers for event ID 4740, and returns the time the event was logged (LockedTime), the user account SamAccountName (Account), the source computer (LockedFrom), and the current locked status (Locked)
    
  .Example

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Function Get-LockedADAccounts {
  <#
	
  .Synopsis
  Gets lockout events from event logs on domain controllers

  .Description
  Searches event logs of domain controllers for event ID 4740, and returns the time the event was logged (LockedTime), the user account SamAccountName (Account), the source computer (LockedFrom), and the current locked status (Locked)
    
  .Example

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# Get the name of the machine from the user
$strVM = Read-Host "Please enter the VM name"
# Attempt to get a machine-object with that name, continue silently if no machine found
$objectVM = Get-VM -Name $strVM -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# If there is a machine found
If ($objectVM) {
    # Display the machine object name on screen
    Write-Host "Machine object name:" $objectVM.Name
    # Display the power state on screen
    Write-Host "Power State:" $objectVM.PowerState

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# Loop through each VM
ForEach ($objVM in (
    Get-VM | Where-Object {
        # Where the configured memory is greater than 2000
        $_.MemoryMB -gt "2000"
    }
    )){
    # Get the VM guest object
    Get-VMGuest -VM $objVM | Where-Object {
        # Where the operating system is Windows XP

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Function Write-Log {
  <#
	.Synopsis
	Writes timestamped output to screen and a logfile.
	
	.Description
	Writes timestamped output to screen and a logfile.
	
	.Parameter Message
	Message to be displayed

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Function Get-AppSenseLogonTimes {
	<#
	.Synopsis
	Returns information about AppSense logon events as recorded by the AppSense event log 
	
	.Description
	Returns, via the AppSense Event log, the Logon Time, Node Name, Action, Start Time and Duration of AppSense logon actions.
	Useful for tuning and optimising AppSense logons.
	The Policy Configuration item "Send events to the Appsense event log" should be enabled for this to work.
	

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# Get all of the VMs as an object
$objVMs = Get-VM
# Loop through all of the VMs
ForEach ($objVM in $objVMs){
  # Get the VM Guest object (which contains the DNS information)
  $objGuest = Get-VMGuest -VM $objVM
  # Set a variable to the VM object name
  $objVMName = $objVM.Name
  # Set a variable to the DNS name
  $objVMFQDN = $objGuest.Hostname

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# Set up an empty array
$arrTemplatesWithPersistentDrives = @()

# Get all the template objects
$objTemplates = Get-Template

# Loop through each template
ForEach ($objTemplate in $objTemplates){
  # Get the drives associated with that template
  $objHardDisks = $objTemplate | Get-HardDisk