diff --git a/salt-quick-start.ps1 b/salt-quick-start.ps1
index 16c705554..f6f79c724 100644
--- a/salt-quick-start.ps1
+++ b/salt-quick-start.ps1
@@ -1,39 +1,31 @@
-function Convert-PSObjectToHashtable {
-    param (
-        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
-        $InputObject
-    )
-    if ($null -eq $InputObject) { return $null }
-
-    $is_enum = $InputObject -is [System.Collections.IEnumerable]
-    $not_string = $InputObject -isnot [string]
-    if ($is_enum -and $not_string) {
-        $collection = @(
-            foreach ($object in $InputObject) {
-                Convert-PSObjectToHashtable $object
-            }
-        )
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    A simple Powershell script to quickly start using Salt.
 
-        Write-Host -NoEnumerate $collection
-    } elseif ($InputObject -is [PSObject]) {
-        $hash = @{}
+.DESCRIPTION
+    This script will download the latest onedir version of Salt and extract it
+    into the same directory where the script is run. The script sets up an
+    environment that will allow you to run salt-call commands. To remove, just
+    delete the `salt` directory. The environment variables will only be set for
+    the current powershell session.
 
-        foreach ($property in $InputObject.PSObject.Properties) {
-            $hash[$property.Name] = Convert-PSObjectToHashtable $property.Value
-        }
+.EXAMPLE
+    ./salt-quick-start.ps1
 
-        $hash
-    } else {
-        $InputObject
-    }
-}
+.LINK
+    Salt Bootstrap GitHub Project (script home) - https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap
+    Original Vagrant Provisioner Project - https://github.com/saltstack/salty-vagrant
+    Vagrant Project (utilizes this script) - https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant
+    Salt Download Location - https://packages.broadcom.com/artifactory/saltproject-generic/windows/
+    Salt Manual Install Directions (Windows) - https://docs.saltproject.io/salt/install-guide/en/latest/topics/install-by-operating-system/windows.html
+#>
+
+# This is so the -Verbose parameter will work
+[CmdletBinding()] param()
 
 function Expand-ZipFile {
     # Extract a zip file
     #
-    # Used by:
-    # - Install-SaltMinion
-    #
     # Args:
     #     ZipFile (string): The file to extract
     #     Destination (string): The location to extract to
@@ -81,60 +73,151 @@ function Expand-ZipFile {
     Write-Debug "Finished unzipping '$ZipFile' to '$Destination'"
 }
 
+function Get-FileHash {
+    # Get-FileHash is a built-in cmdlet in powershell 5+ but we need to support
+    # powershell 3. This will overwrite the powershell 5 commandlet only for
+    # this script. But it will provide the missing cmdlet for powershell 3
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [String] $Path,
 
-[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]'Tls12'
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
+        [ValidateSet(
+                "SHA1",
+                "SHA256",
+                "SHA384",
+                "SHA512",
+        # https://serverfault.com/questions/820300/
+        # why-isnt-mactripledes-algorithm-output-in-powershell-stable
+                "MACTripleDES", # don't use
+                "MD5",
+                "RIPEMD160",
+                IgnoreCase=$true)]
+        [String] $Algorithm = "SHA256"
+    )
 
-$global:ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+    if ( !(Test-Path $Path) ) {
+        Write-Verbose "Invalid path for hashing: $Path"
+        return @{}
+    }
 
-$RepoUrl = "https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/onedir"
+    if ( (Get-Item -Path $Path) -isnot [System.IO.FileInfo]) {
+        Write-Verbose "Not a file for hashing: $Path"
+        return @{}
+    }
 
-if ([IntPtr]::Size -eq 4) {
-    $arch = "x86"
-} else {
-    $arch = "amd64"
-}
-$enc = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
-try {
-    $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$RepoUrl/repo.json" -UseBasicParsing
-    if ($response.Content.GetType().Name -eq "Byte[]") {
-        $psobj = $enc.GetString($response.Content) | ConvertFrom-Json
+    $Path = Resolve-Path -Path $Path
 
-    } else {
-        $psobj = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json
-    }
-    $hash = Convert-PSObjectToHashtable $psobj
-} catch {
-    Write-Host "repo.json not found at: $RepoUrl"
-    $hash = @{}
-}
-$searchVersion = "latest"
-if ( $hash.Contains($searchVersion)) {
-    foreach ($item in $hash.($searchVersion).Keys) {
-        if ( $item.EndsWith(".zip") ) {
-            if ( $item.Contains($arch) ) {
-                $saltFileName = $hash.($searchVersion).($item).name
-                $saltVersion = $hash.($searchVersion).($item).version
-                $saltSha512 = $hash.($searchVersion).($item).SHA512
-            }
+    Switch ($Algorithm) {
+        SHA1 {
+            $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1CryptoServiceProvider]::Create()
+        }
+        SHA256 {
+            $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256]::Create()
+        }
+        SHA384 {
+            $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.SHA384]::Create()
+        }
+        SHA512 {
+            $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512]::Create()
+        }
+        MACTripleDES {
+            $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.MACTripleDES]::Create()
+        }
+        MD5 {
+            $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.MD5]::Create()
+        }
+        RIPEMD160 {
+            $hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.RIPEMD160]::Create()
         }
     }
-}
-if ( $saltFileName -and $saltVersion -and $saltSha512 ) {
-    if ( $RepoUrl.Contains("minor") ) {
-        $saltFileUrl = @($RepoUrl, $saltVersion, $saltFileName) -join "/"
-    } else {
-        $saltFileUrl = @($RepoUrl, "minor", $saltVersion, $saltFileName) -join "/"
+
+    Write-Verbose "Hashing using $Algorithm algorithm"
+    try {
+        $data = [System.IO.File]::OpenRead($Path)
+        $hash = $hasher.ComputeHash($data)
+        $hash = [System.BitConverter]::ToString($hash) -replace "-",""
+        return @{
+            Path = $Path;
+            Algorithm = $Algorithm.ToUpper();
+            Hash = $hash
+        }
+    } catch {
+        Write-Verbose "Error hashing: $Path"
+        Write-Verbose "ERROR: $_"
+        return @{}
+    } finally {
+        if ($null -ne $data) {
+            $data.Close()
+        }
     }
 }
 
-Write-Host "*  INFO: Downloading Salt"
+#===============================================================================
+# Script settings
+#===============================================================================
+[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]'Tls12'
+$global:ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+
+#===============================================================================
+# Declare Variables
+#===============================================================================
+$ApiUrl  = "https://packages.broadcom.com/artifactory/api/storage/saltproject-generic/onedir"
+# Detect architecture ($arch)
+if ([IntPtr]::Size -eq 4) { $arch = "x86" } else { $arch = "amd64" }
+
+#===============================================================================
+# Setting up quickstart environment
+#===============================================================================
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "Setting up quickstart environment for Salt" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+
+Write-Verbose "Getting version information from Artifactory"
+$response = Invoke-WebRequest $ApiUrl -UseBasicParsing
+# Convert the output to a powershell object
+$psobj = $response.ToString() | ConvertFrom-Json
+$Version = $psobj.children[-1].uri.Trim("/")
+
+Write-Verbose "Getting sha256 hash and download url from Artifactory"
+$saltFileName = "salt-$Version-onedir-windows-$arch.zip"
+$response = Invoke-WebRequest "$ApiUrl/$Version/$saltFileName" -UseBasicParsing
+$psobj = $response.ToString() | ConvertFrom-Json
+$saltFileUrl = $psobj.downloadUri
+$saltSha256  = $psobj.checksums.sha256
+
+Write-Verbose "URL: $saltFileUrl"
+Write-Host "*  INFO: Downloading Salt: " -NoNewline
 Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $saltFileUrl -OutFile .\salt.zip
+if ( Test-Path -Path .\salt.zip ) {
+    Write-Host "Success" -ForegroundColor Green
+} else {
+    Write-Host "Failed" -ForegroundColor Red
+    exit 1
+}
+$localSha256 = (Get-FileHash -Path .\salt.zip -Algorithm SHA256).Hash
+Write-Verbose "Local Hash: $localSha256"
+Write-Verbose "Remote Hash: $saltSha256"
+
+Write-Host "*  INFO: Comparing Hash: " -NoNewline
+if ( $localSha256 -eq $saltSha256 ) {
+    Write-Host "Success" -ForegroundColor Green
+} else {
+    Write-Host "Failed" -ForegroundColor Red
+    exit 1
+}
 
-Write-Host "*  INFO: Extracting Salt"
+Write-Host "*  INFO: Extracting Salt: " -NoNewline
 Expand-ZipFile -ZipFile .\salt.zip -Destination .
+if ( Test-Path -Path .\salt\Scripts\python.exe ) {
+    Write-Host "Success" -ForegroundColor Green
+} else {
+    Write-Host "Failed" -ForegroundColor Red
+    exit 1
+}
 
+Write-Host "*  INFO: Creating Saltfile: " -NoNewline
 $PATH = $(Get-Location).Path
-
 $saltfile_contents = @"
 salt-call:
   local: True
@@ -143,20 +226,42 @@ salt-call:
   cachedir: $PATH\salt\var\cache\salt
   file_root: $PATH\salt\srv\salt
 "@
-
 Set-Content -Path .\salt\Saltfile -Value $saltfile_contents
+if ( Test-Path -Path .\salt\Saltfile ) {
+    Write-Host "Success" -ForegroundColor Green
+} else {
+    Write-Host "Failed" -ForegroundColor Red
+    exit 1
+}
 
 New-Item -Path "$PATH\salt\var\log\salt" -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null
 New-Item -Path "$PATH\salt\conf" -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null
 New-Item -Path "$PATH\salt\var\cache\salt" -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null
 New-Item -Path "$PATH\salt\srv\salt" -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null
 
-Write-Host "*  INFO: Adding Salt to current path"
-Write-Host "*  INFO:   $PATH\salt"
+Write-Host "*  INFO: Adding Salt to current path: " -NoNewline
 $env:Path = "$PATH\salt;$env:PATH"
+Write-Verbose $env:Path
+if ( $env:PATH -Like "*$PATH\salt*" ) {
+    Write-Host "Success" -ForegroundColor Green
+} else {
+    Write-Host "Failed" -ForegroundColor Red
+    exit 1
+}
+Write-Host "*  INFO:   $PATH\salt"
 
-Write-Host "*  INFO: Setting the SALT_SALTFILE environment variable"
-Write-Host "*  INFO:   $PATH\salt\Saltfile"
+Write-Host "*  INFO: Setting the SALT_SALTFILE environment variable: "-NoNewline
 $env:SALT_SALTFILE="$PATH\salt\Saltfile"
+if ( Test-Path -Path $env:SALT_SALTFILE ) {
+    Write-Host "Success" -ForegroundColor Green
+} else {
+    Write-Host "Failed" -ForegroundColor Red
+    exit 1
+}
+Write-Host "*  INFO:   $PATH\salt\Saltfile"
 
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "You can now run simple salt-call commands" -ForegroundColor Cyan
 Write-Host "*  INFO: Create Salt states in $PATH\salt\srv\salt"
+Write-Host "*  INFO: Try running salt-call test.ping"
+Write-Host ""