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get-reboots.ps1
# Ok, so this is cheating and actually checks for the most
# recent time the Event Log service started, but 99% of
# the time this'll do.
$xml=@'
<QueryList>
<Query Id="0" Path="System">
<Select Path="System">*[System[(EventID=6005)]]</Select>
</Query>
</QueryList>
'@
Get-WinEvent -FilterXml $xml -MaxEvents 5
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