Goal:
===
I need to compare a list of subkeys (including subkeys/values) from a model
server. With the follow code I am able to get Subkeys and one layer of
values, and I am sure I could probably keep looping and get all the info,
but I am curious if there is away I just get an object and compare them?

Code:
====
function Check-RegKeys {
Param([string]$Server,[string]$model)
$hResult = $true
$settings = [xml] (Get-Content c:\AppCheckSettings.xml)
$regkeys = $settings.BBAScanSettings.RegSubkeys
$regkeys = $regkeys.Split("`n")
$i = 0
foreach ($reg in $regkeys) {
$reg = $reg.TrimStart()
if($reg -match "[^H]") {
$ServerKey =
[Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
$Server)
$ModelKey =
[Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
$Model)
$mKey = $ModelKey.OpenSubKey("$reg",$false)
Write-Log ""
$mKey.GetValueNames()
Write-Log ""
}
}
$hResult
}

I'm not really sure what you are trying to do but I think your answer lies
somewhere along the following lines:



I would try to leverage Compare-Object.



Try writing a function which takes a machine name list of keys and returns
the values and subvalues. Let's call that function GET-KEYS. You could
then do something like:



$keys = (whatever)

Compare-Object (Get-Keys Machine1 $keys) (Get-Keys Machine2 $keys)


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That is exactly what I did... I was just looking for a short-cut instead of
having to loop through subkeys. If I could just get an object using a root
subkey and then do a compare it would be only 10lines. As it is... it takes
me 15line or so just to get the subkey and then all subkeys, and then all
the subkeys of that and so on.

"Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]" <jsnover@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not really sure what you are trying to do but I think your answer lies
> somewhere along the following lines:
>
>
>
> I would try to leverage Compare-Object.
>
>
>
> Try writing a function which takes a machine name list of keys and returns
> the values and subvalues. Let's call that function GET-KEYS. You could
> then do something like:
>
>
>
> $keys = (whatever)
>
> Compare-Object (Get-Keys Machine1 $keys) (Get-Keys Machine2 $keys)
>
>
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>

In a future release we want to allow you to mount a remote registry so that
will make it easier then.

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