Powershell - how do I add the servername to each result

Question

Hi All, I am using the line below to check the version of a product installed on a list of servers. (input.txt has the list of servers) Get-WmiObject -computer (Get-Content "C:\input.txt") -Class win32_product | Select-Object -Property Name,Version, InstalledDate | where-object { $_.Name -like "uni*"} It works in so far as it gives me what I want - with output below
Name Version InstalledDate
However, how can I add the servername to each line it outputs?. (hope this makes sense?) with a big list of servers, I cant see at a glance which output line is from which server. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Add "PSComputerName" to the Select-Object cmdlet.

You should know that querying that WMI class is very slow. It forces a verification of every item it touches.

Using something like this in an Invoke-Command scriptblock is much faster:

Get-ChildItem -Path  "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" | Get-ItemProperty | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, Publisher, UninstallString, InstallLocation, InstallDate

Answer 2

Using the registry to get the information:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName ws07 -ScriptBlock {
    Get-ChildItem -Path  "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" | 
        Get-ItemProperty | 
            Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion, InstallDate
} | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like "*"} |
        Select-Object @{n='ComputerName';e={$_.PSComputerName}},DisplayName,DisplayVersion,@{n='InstallDate';e={$_.InstallDate -replace "^(\d\d\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)$", '$1-$2-$3'}}

Here's what the results look like (used an '' instead of 'uni' in the code. Just change that to whatever you need):

ComputerName DisplayName                                                   DisplayVersion   InstallDate
------------ -----------                                                   --------------   -----------
ws07
ws07         Defraggler                                                    2.22
ws07         Microsoft 365 Apps for business - en-us                       16.0.16130.20332
ws07
ws07         Skype for Business Basic 2016 - en-us                         16.0.16130.20332
ws07
ws07         Intel(R) Management Engine Components                         1.0.0.0          2022-06-15