Get-RemoteRegistryKey

Powershell cmdlet which retrieves the value of a registry key for a local or remote computer, enabling Remote Registry service if required. Requires WMI access.

The value to check is comma-delimited in the format of 'reghive,path,valuename'. Ex: 'HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion,ProductName'

.PARAMETER Computername
Strings. Required. Name of the local or remote system/s. You may give multiple computernames.

.PARAMETER RegKey
Strings. Required. Name of the key as a string or list of strings. The value to check is comma-delimited in the format of 'reghive,path,valuename'. Ex: 'HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion,ProductName'

.PARAMETER ShowOnlyValid
Switch. Output only fully valid entries (pingable, has WMI access). Will still show when the key is missing.

.PARAMETER DontEnableRemoteRegistry
Switch. Do NOT attempt to enable the RemoteRegistry service if it's disabled.

.PARAMETER PromptForCredentials
Switch. Prompt for secure credentials to use.

.PARAMETER Credential
Secure credential object to use instead of the current user's credentials.

.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-RemoteRegistryKey -Computername Desktop1 -RegKey 'HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion,ProductName'

	Value         : Windows 7 Enterprise  
	OSVersion     : 6.1.7601  
	Hostname      : Desktop1  
	IP            : 192.168.1.3  
	Key           : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName  
	OSDescription : Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise