Get remote registry value

Question

I have the below script that I want it to go out to multiple servers and get the value of a registry  Unfortunately it is currently just posting back the local registry value of the machine that I am running the script on   How do I get the script to run against remote registry   SCRIPT   clear   ErrorActionPreference    silentlycontinue    Logfile    C  temp NEWnetbackup version log   Function LogWrite       param  string  logstring       Add-Content  Logfile -Value  logstring     computer   Get-Content -Path c  temp netbackup servers1 txt  foreach   computer1 in  computer     Service   Get-WmiObject Win32 Service -Filter  Name    NetBackup Client Service   -ComputerName  computer1      if  test-connection  computer1 -quiet                      NetbackupVersion1     Get-ItemProperty hklm  SOFTWARE Veritas NetBackup CurrentVersion  PackageVersion              if  Service state -eq  Running                                 LogWrite   computer1 STARTED  NetbackupVersion1                            else                               LogWrite   computer1 STOPPED  NetbackupVersion1                          else                LogWrite   computer1 is down  -foregroundcolor RED

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For remote registry you have to use  NET with powershell 2 0   w32reg    Microsoft Win32 RegistryKey   OpenRemoteBaseKey  LocalMachine   computer1   keypath    SOFTWARE Veritas NetBackup CurrentVersion   netbackup    w32reg OpenSubKey  keypath   NetbackupVersion1    netbackup GetValue  PackageVersion

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You can try using  net    Reg    Microsoft Win32 RegistryKey   OpenRemoteBaseKey  LocalMachine    computer1   RegKey   Reg OpenSubKey  SOFTWARE  Veritas  NetBackup  CurrentVersion    NetbackupVersion1    RegKey GetValue  PackageVersion

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If you need user s SID and browse remote HKEY USERS folder  you can follow this script     lt   Replace following domain name with yours and userAccountName with remote username   gt   userLogin   New-Object System Security Principal NTAccount    domain name       userAccountName      userSID    userLogin Translate  System Security Principal SecurityIdentifier     lt   We will open HKEY USERS and with accurate user   s SID from remoteComputer   gt   remoteRegistry    Microsoft Win32 RegistryKey   OpenRemoteBaseKey    Users       remoteComputer       lt   We will then retrieve LocalName value from Control Panel   International subkeys   gt    key    userSID value     Control Panel International     openKey    remoteRegistry OpenSubKey  key    lt   We can now retrieve any values   gt    localName    openKey GetValue    LocaleName       Source   http   techsultan com how-to-browse-remote-registry-in-powershell

User · Answer

Try the Remote Registry Module  the registry provider cannot operate remotely   Import-Module PSRemoteRegistry Get-RegValue -ComputerName  Computer1 -Key SOFTWARE Veritas NetBackup CurrentVersion -Value PackageVersion

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another option     needs remoting       invoke-command -ComputerName mymachine -ScriptBlock  Get-ItemProperty HKLM  SOFTWARE VanDyke VShell License -Name Version    version

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If you have Powershell remoting and CredSSP setup then you can update your code to the following    Session   New-PSSession -ComputerName  Computer1 -Authentication CredSSP  NetbackupVersion1   Invoke-Command -Session  Session -ScriptBlock     Get-ItemProperty hklm  SOFTWARE Veritas NetBackup CurrentVersion  PackageVersion  Remove-PSSession  Session

[powershell] Get remote registry value

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