PowerShell get a list of network machines

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I want to write a PS script, that would go through all machines it can find on a local network, take a look at "SomeDirectory" and if a file there exists, overwrite it with a new version for a UNC path..

The First problem is getting a list of PC's that you can find in Windows -> Network enter image description here

score 31 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '13 at 20:29

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Soemtimes the old school way is the easiest.

net view

answered Apr 03 '13 at 20:29

mjolinor

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And to parse check this one-liner from http://poshcode.org/882 `switch -regex (NET.EXE VIEW) { "^\\\\(?\S+)\s+" {$matches.Name}}` – Guillaume Gros Jan 30 '15 at 14:07

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '17 at 00:15

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And to piggy-back even further on FoxDeploy's answer:

(([adsi]"WinNT://$((Get-WMIObject Win32_ComputerSystem).Domain)").Children).Where({$_.schemaclassname -eq 'computer'})

This will grab just the computers on the domain, not all AD objects (such as users, organizational groups, etc.).

answered Dec 14 '17 at 00:15

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How would I format the output of this to list or csv? – bitshift Apr 11 '18 at 16:45
@bitshift Just tack this onto the end: "`| %{ $_.Path }`" – intrepidis May 06 '18 at 17:13

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 04 '13 at 07:21

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Here's another thing you can do (depending on your worgroup name).

([adsi]"WinNT://WORKGROUP").Children

answered Apr 04 '13 at 07:21

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered May 19 '16 at 16:54

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Piggy-backing on Shay's answer:

([adsi]"WinNT://$((Get-WMIObject Win32_ComputerSystem).Domain)").Children

This will grab your domain or workgroup name and use that for you.

answered May 19 '16 at 16:54

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 02 '21 at 13:09

ADSI does not work out of domain. If you have only workgroup you need to use NETBIOS for list of registered machines. Output of the "nbtstat" is only string, not object. Manipulation is not so easy but you receive number of registered machines and network names.

nbtstat -r

PowerShell get a list of network machines

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