Here is what I got trying to put together a script to read the patches on a remote PC:

$computer = gc env:computername
$computers= get-content -path c:\computer.txt
$csvfile = "c:\name.csv"
foreach ($computer in $computers) {Get-WmiObject -Class WIN32_QuickFixEngineering | Select-Object "Caption","CSName","Description","InstalledBy","InstalledOn" |ConvertTo-HTML | Out-File $csvfile}

I do get the results, but I get them from the local machine and not the remote one. What am I doing wrong trying to get the computer name from the c:\computer.txt file?

Thanks again for the help.

You need to use the -ComputerName parameter of Get-WmiObject.

http://ss64.com/ps/get-wmiobject.html

Tried something like this:

$computer = Get-Content "C:\computer.txt"
$csvfile = "c:\name.csv"
Get-WmiObject -Class WIN32_QuickFixEngineering -ComputerName $computer | Select-Object "CSName","Caption","Description","InstalledBy","InstalledOn" |ConvertTo-HTML | Out-File $csvfile

What other way can I make it work?

Why are you using ConvertTo-HTML if you're outputting to a CSV file?

Here's something you can play with:

Get-WmiObject Win32_QuickFixEngineering -ComputerName (Get-Content .\computerList.txt) |
    Select CSName,HotFixID,Caption,Description,InstalledBy,InstalledOn |
        Export-Csv .\output.csv -NoTypeInformation

This is a funny thread.  All at once there are people with zero computer knowledge trying to write scripts.  It leads to some very funny threads.

Its good.  Curiosity is good.

Just a typo.

Hey - my whole life is a typo. So what.  As the Bard says, "Humans are ne'er perfect".

Thanks, Mike. Your help got me on the right track and I got my scripts working.

@jrv - if you are not ready to offer any assistance, why bother posting? Is computer knowledge ONLY about PoSh?