01-04-2007
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Re: Collecting information from Active Directory
OK. My bad.
"Brandon Shell" wrote:
> It does. Use it all the time...
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> It is possible the RemoteRegistry Service is unavailable or Server is not
> pingable.. I always ping first.
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> I would
> 1) write out the $cn and make sure there is a valid computer name.
> 2) ping the server before connecting to reg
>
> "Rob Campbell" <RobCampbell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EAD6994E-E525-488B-A586-B9332381085A@microsoft.com...
> >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
>
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