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    Hi

    I have about 30 Windows 2008 Servers running Exchange 2010. We have a third party application running on them named AddOn

    We need to check whether these servers have the following key value set

    HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AddOn\parameters\cleanup

    "Logs" = "1"

    It would be helpful to export this to a CSV file with the following columns:

    Servername
    Registry key presence/value (whichever is easier)
    Space left on D: drive
    Server OS

    I was thinking of creating a Powershell script to do this, with an input of servers.csv. I assume I need a WMI query for the last two.

    The method I was going to use was :

    - Create a function 

    - Within that function have WMI queries for Space/ Server OS

    - Create a new object and Add-Member for the Space/OS

    But what I'm not sure on is how I test for the presence of that particular key and how I'd report on it (can I create an object and Add-Member again)?

    Tuesday, April 2, 2013 7:55 PM

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    Some ideas in this thread will help you with reading the remote registry value: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverpowershell/thread/c60a07ae-6645-4f35-b458-e063931da6e9

    Inspired by Carlsberg.

    • Proposed as answer by Yan Li_ Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:11 AM
    • Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Monday, April 8, 2013 1:46 AM
    Tuesday, April 2, 2013 8:32 PM
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    Hi Jason,

    This should do the trick for you.  You might have to play with the registry string to get it to work

    as I do not have the "AddOn" program loaded. (I left an example string for you to see how it works.)

    # servers are a list of servers in the following format: \\server1
    $servers = get-content C:\Scripts\CheckServersRegistry.txt

    foreach ($server in $servers){
    Try {

    # tested with this string

    $command =   "reg query " + $server + "\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Setup\Results\SelfUpdate" + " /v RebootFailCount"

    #command = "reg query " + $server + "HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AddOn\parameters\cleanup" + " /v Logs"

    $result = Invoke-Expression $command
    $server + " is set to " + $result
    }
    Catch {
    $servererror = $server + " not configured."
        }
    }

    $result will contain a string like this that you can parse and check for your values:

    \\server is set to  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Setup\Results\SelfUpdate     RebootFailC
    ount    REG_DWORD    0x0

    ---------------------------------------------------

    Please mark as answer if this helps you.

    • Proposed as answer by Yan Li_ Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:11 AM
    • Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Monday, April 8, 2013 1:46 AM
    Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:27 PM

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    Some ideas in this thread will help you with reading the remote registry value: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverpowershell/thread/c60a07ae-6645-4f35-b458-e063931da6e9

    Inspired by Carlsberg.

    • Proposed as answer by Yan Li_ Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:11 AM
    • Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Monday, April 8, 2013 1:46 AM
    Tuesday, April 2, 2013 8:32 PM
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    Hi Jason,

    This should do the trick for you.  You might have to play with the registry string to get it to work

    as I do not have the "AddOn" program loaded. (I left an example string for you to see how it works.)

    # servers are a list of servers in the following format: \\server1
    $servers = get-content C:\Scripts\CheckServersRegistry.txt

    foreach ($server in $servers){
    Try {

    # tested with this string

    $command =   "reg query " + $server + "\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Setup\Results\SelfUpdate" + " /v RebootFailCount"

    #command = "reg query " + $server + "HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AddOn\parameters\cleanup" + " /v Logs"

    $result = Invoke-Expression $command
    $server + " is set to " + $result
    }
    Catch {
    $servererror = $server + " not configured."
        }
    }

    $result will contain a string like this that you can parse and check for your values:

    \\server is set to  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Setup\Results\SelfUpdate     RebootFailC
    ount    REG_DWORD    0x0

    ---------------------------------------------------

    Please mark as answer if this helps you.

    • Proposed as answer by Yan Li_ Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:11 AM
    • Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Monday, April 8, 2013 1:46 AM
    Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:27 PM