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$queue = New-Object System.Collections.Queue
$wait_state = 2
$job_count = 0
$completed_request = @{}
$job_dispached = @{}

$throttle = 3
$source_dir = "D:\"
$dest_dir = "E:\"

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<#
Make 20 character password with letters and numbers
Generate-Password 20 -NoSpecial

Make default length password (12) with full typable ascii set
Generate-Password

Create 20 character password using alias for shorthand
gpw 20

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function Histogram {
        [CmdletBinding()]
        [Alias("hgram")]
        param (
            [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
            [object[]]$Items,
            [Parameter(Position=1)]
            [string]$Property,
            [ValidateRange(2,[int]::MaxValue)]
            [int]$Scale = 40,

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function Random-Thing {
    [Alias("rt")]
    [OutputType([string])]
    param ([switch]$FullPhrase, [switch]$XKCD)
    begin {
        $adjectives = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String("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<# PowerShell wrapper fro the GetPerformanceInfo system call #>
function Get-PerformanceInfo {
    ## Liberally taken from Pinvoke.net, thank you whoever contributed that
    ## http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/psapi/GetPerformanceInfo.html 
    Add-Type -Language CSharp -TypeDefinition @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public static class PerformanceInfo
{
    [DllImport("psapi.dll", SetLastError = true)]

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Get-Service -Name TrustedInstaller | Stop-Service -Verbose

ii "C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\"

Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

Get-ChildItem "C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\*" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
    Where-Object { $_.Name -ne 'CBS.Log' } |
    Remove-Item -force -Verbose -recurse -ErrorAction Continue

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@echo off

echo.
echo "Stop services"
::pause
sc stop msiserver
sc stop TrustedInstaller

echo.
echo "Disable services"

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function GenAsmLoader {
<#
.Synopsis
   Helper function for wrapping DLL assembly in PowerShell so it
   can more easily be placed in version control and loaded within a script.
.DESCRIPTION
   The ability to ship binary modules inside of a script file can be nice
   if working in an environment that does not allow external dependencies.
   This is a way around that by allowing you to bundle .Net DLL libraries inside
   PowerShell code and providing a function that may be called to load the

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function Get-FileSize {
<#
.Synopsis
   Gets file info, recursively if desired.
.DESCRIPTION
   Enumerates files in a directory getting both the regular
   and compressed size. The enumeration happens in a pipeline
   function so it's memory efficient. The input parameter $Path
   is checked for type so if you pipe the output of Get-ChildItem

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<#
.Synopsis
   Ternary operation for PowerShell with terse
   parameter aliases. Meant to be used from pipeline.
.Example
   gci -Recurse | >> {$_.PSIsContainer} "Directory" "File"
.Example
   1..10 | >> {($_ % 2) -eq 0} "Even" "Odd"
.Example
   # Pass through numbers greater than 0 or print 0