Or better yet... Powershell utilizing the already provided power of .NET
"Tom G." <thomglow@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:uTKfieBMHHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> PowerShell itself doesn't support remoting. However, the script is
> using a .NET RegistryKey object that does support remotely accessing
> another machine using the OpenRemoteBaseKey method. Think of it as .NET
> picking up the slack for PowerShell 
>
> Tom G.
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> Rob Campbell wrote:
>
>> I don't think PS supports remote registry access (yet).
>>
>> As a workaround, you might be able to use the win32_Process Create
>> method to run regedit on the remote machine, export the key, and then
>> parse the username out of the .reg file.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Glenn Wilson" wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks parts of it work, but I am geting the followig error with
>> > the script, it runs collects the machines, then when it goes to
>> > read the registery I get the following.
>> >
>> > Exception calling "OpenRemoteBaseKey" with "2" argument(s): "The
>> > network path was not found."
>> > At E:\PowerShell\Scripts\get-computerlastlogon.ps1:8 char:59
>> > + $rk = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey( <<<<
>> > [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,$cn)
>> > You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
>> > At E:\PowerShell\Scripts\get-computerlastlogon.ps1:10 char:29
>> > + $lastuser = $rv.GetValue( <<<< "DefaultDomainName") + "\" +
>> > $rv.GetValue("DefaultUserName")
>> >
>> >
>> > "Gaurhoth" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Use following 4 lines to retrieve a list of computers in your AD.
>> > > This will return all computers no matter what OU they are in.
>> > >
>> > > $ldapQuery = "(&(objectCategory=computer))"
>> > > $de = new-object system.directoryservices.directoryentry
>> > > $ads = new-object system.directoryservices.directorysearcher
>> > > -argumentlist $de,$ldapQuery $complist = $ads.findall()
>> > >
>> > > Now iterate through $complist and query the registry on each
>> > > remote computer for last logged on user:
>> > >
>> > > $complist | % {
>> > > $cn = $_.properties['cn']
>> > > $rk =
>> > > [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.
>> > > RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,$cn) $rv =
>> > > $rk.opensubkey("\Software\Microsoft\Windows
>> > > NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon") $lastuser =
>> > > $rv.GetValue("DefaultDomainName") + "\" +
>> > > $rv.GetValue("DefaultUserName") write-host "$cn - $lastuser" }
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > gaurhoth
>> > > http://gaurhothw.spaces.live.com/
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "Glenn Wilson" <GlennWilson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> > > message news:42CD0DB7-6364-4D6E-8A43-E967A501CEF7@microsoft.com...
>> > > > Hello All,
>> > > >
>> > > > I need to get a list of all computers in our Active Directory
>> > > > and the user who last logged onto it. Has anyone got a sample
>> > > > script to help with this, or at least some parts of it.....
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks in advance