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powershell ampersand issue

Hi all, i have found the following powershell script online, but when i run it i get many issues like Ampersand not allowed. The & operator is reserved for future use; use "&" to pass ampersand as a string.
At line:5 char:53. Any ideas?

thanks

$AllServers=Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -Like "Windows Server*"}
ForEach ($Server in $AllServers){
$Result=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled = 'True'" -Property DNSServerSearchOrder -ComputerName $Server.Name
$output = new-object PSObject
$output | add-member NoteProperty "ComputerName" $Server.Name
$output | add-member NoteProperty "DNSServerSearchOrder" $Result.DNSServerSearchOrder
$output
}

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Joshua Grantom

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Joshua Grantom

Yep, I missed the semicolons, I was in the process of correcting it but we just had a fire drill so I had to leave my desk. Thanks

Joshua Grantom

Thank you

cwstad2

ASKER

excellent thanks guys, is it possible to do the same for desktops such as windows XP, 7 and 8.

best regards

Joshua Grantom

All you have to do is change the

OperatingSystem -Like "Windows Server*"

to

OperatingSystem -Like "Windows XP*"
OperatingSystem -Like "Windows 7*"
OperatingSystem -Like "Windows 8*"

or you can take it out completely (using Qlemo's version of script)
This will return the result for every computer on your domain.

Get-ADComputer -Filter * | % {
  $comp = $_.Name
  $Result = (Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled = 'True'" -Property DNSServerSearchOrder -ComputerName $comp).DNSServerSearchOrder
  new-object PSObject -Property @{
      ComputerName  = $comp
      DNSServerSearchOrder = $Result
  }
}

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or you can do everything but servers by changing -like to -NotLike

Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -NotLike "Windows Server*"} | % {
  $comp = $_.Name
  $Result = (Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled = 'True'" -Property DNSServerSearchOrder -ComputerName $comp).DNSServerSearchOrder
  new-object PSObject -Property @{
      ComputerName  = $comp
      DNSServerSearchOrder = $Result
  }
}

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cwstad2

ASKER

Thanks guys