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<#
.SYNOPSIS
   PowerShell script to validate the served Terminal Services (RDP)
   certificate on a Windows Server is valid.
.DESCRIPTION
   This script checks the validation of the served Terminal Services certificate
   on one or more Windows Servers, and returns an array of PSCustomObjects summarizing the
   validation state of the TS certificate of each server.

   If the Terminal Services certificate is self-signed or signed by an internal/private CA,

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[CmdletBinding()]
Param()
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

Function WaitForKey {
  Write-Host 'Press any key to continue...'
  [void]$host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
}

$MAX_MINS = 1440 # Max time in minutes this script can execute

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 <#
.SYNOPSIS
  Configures a secure WinRM listener over HTTPS to enable
  SSL-based WinRM communications. This script has not been
  tested on Windows Server 2003R2 or earier, and may not
  work on these OSes for a variety of reasons.

  If Windows Remote Management is disabled (e.g. service
  stopped, GPO Policy, etc.), this script will likely fail.
.DESCRIPTION

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function precmd {

    local TERMWIDTH
    (( TERMWIDTH = ${COLUMNS} - 1 ))


    ###
    # Truncate the path if it's too long.
    
    PR_FILLBAR=""

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# DISCLAIMER - This is provided as a method to interface with HTTPS endpoints configured
# with an invalid certificate as is common during the development process. This is not 
# intended or recommended to be used in a production scenario for obvious security reasons.
#
# Also, I did not write the C# code. Props to kd0shk and the Powershell subreddit for the C# snippet.

# Both of these approaches won't work in PowerShell core and is not required as built-in
# request cmdlets now have the -SkipCertificateCheck parameter
# (e.g. Invoke-WebRequest -SkipCertificateCheck https://server.withbadcert.domain.tld)

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Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
$SpeechSynth = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
$SpeechSynth.SelectVoice( 'Microsoft Zira Desktop' )
$CatFact = Invoke-RestMethod -UseBasicParsing https://catfact.ninja/fact
$SpeechSynth.speak( "Did you know? $($CatFact.fact)" )

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{"lastUpload":"2020-08-21T16:12:30.636Z","extensionVersion":"v3.4.3"}

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Function Get-ChocolateyOutdatedPackages {
  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
    Gets outdated Chocolatey packages on the local system

  .DESCRIPTION
    Returns an array of objects with the following properties:

    - PackageName: [string] Name of the Chocolatey package.
    - CurrentVersion: [string] Current version of the Chocolatey package.

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#Requires -Version 6.2
function Get-CanWriteDirectory {
  [CmdletBinding()]
  Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory, Position=0)]
    [ValidateScript(
      { Test-Path -PathType Container $_ },
      
      # Remove this property to make compatible with 5.1, 6.0, and 6.1
      ErrorMessage = "Could not find the path or it is not a directory: {0}"

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function Get-CanWriteDirectory {
  [CmdletBinding()]
  Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory, Position=0)]
    [ValidateScript(
      { Test-Path -PathType Container $_ },
      ErrorMessage = "Could not find the path or it is not a directory: {0}"
    )]
    [string]$Path
  )