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Gets the username or user SID of a local or remote computer. Function Get-LoggedInUser { <# .SYNOPSIS Gets logged in user on local or remote computers. .NOTES     Author:  Curtis Wright     Email:   curtis (at) cwew.co     Date:    05FEB2018     PSVer:   2.0/3.0/4.0/5.0 #> #Allowing Cmdlet Bindings [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)] Param( $Computer = $env:COMPUTERNAME, $domain = $env:userdomain ) Write-Verbose "Computer is $Computer and domain is $domain" #Getting the current Error Action Preference so the script can set it back after completion. $CurrentEA = $ErrorActionPreference Write-Verbose "Current Error action is $CurrentEA" $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue" Write-verbose "Attempting to use WMI to get currently logged in user" $ActiveProcesses = Get-WMIObject win32_process -filter 'name="explorer.exe"' -ComputerName $Computer if (($ActiveProcesses.GetType().basetype.na

PowerShell function that gets the currently installed office version and returns either the year, the office folder, the registry location, or the number. Updated 4/25/18 to support 64 bit office. Bitness is now a returnable Value Type. Function Get-OfficeVersion { #Allowing Cmdlet Bindings [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)] param(   [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$true)]   [Alias("Value","VT")]   [ValidateSet("Office Year", "Office Folder", "Registry Location","Registry Number","Bitness")]   [string]$ValueTypeReturn,     [Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$false)]   [Alias("Computer","CN")]   [string]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME ) Write-Verbose "Testing connection to $ComputerName" if(Test-Connection -Quiet $ComputerName -Count 1){ Write-Verbose "Connection Successful to $ComputerName" Write-Verbose "Detecting software for $ComputerName&qu