Ola, re the “elseif” not recognized. I noticed that when I pasted directly into the powershell window I get the same, but when I create a .ps1 file and run it as suggested it works fine. Must be a quirk in the immediate window.

* Minor cleanup: The if statement syntax has
else (condition) {code block}
rather than
else {code block}

* Also, near the top where “Conditional logic” introduces the switch statement, it points out that the PowerShell switch statement is similar to VBScript and some other languages. Even though you clearly say it later, for the sake of a non-careful reader, perhaps also mention the important difference that PowerShell’s switch can execute multiple cases.

Just minor tweaks in an excellent introduction.

$strComputer = Read-Host “Printer Report – Enter Computer Name”
$OS = Get-WmiObject -Class win32_OperatingSystem -namespace “root\CIMV2″ -ComputerName $strComputer

if($OS.Version -eq “5.1.2600″)
{
$osName = “Windows XP”
$class = “win32_Printer”
}
elseif($OS.Version -eq “5.2.3790″)
{
$osName = “Windows 2003″
$class = “win32_Printer”
}
elseif($OS.Version -eq “5.0.2195″)
{
$osName = “Windows 2000 Server”
$class = “win32_PrintJob”
}
else
{
Write-Host “The OS for computer $strComputer is not supported”
exit
}

$colPrinters = Get-WmiObject -Class $class -namespace “root\CIMV2″ -computerName $strComputer

Write-Host “Computer Name: ” $strComputer
Write-Host “OS Name: ” $osName

foreach ($objPrinter in $colPrinters)
{
Write-Host “Name: ” $objPrinter.Name
Write-Host “Description: ” $objPrinter.Description
Write-Host
}

Write-Host “–END OF REPORT–”

Regards
Vishwas

per your instructions, I copied the contents of your PrintReport.ps1 file into a ps1 file on my local machine.

My desktop (the local machine where the script was run) is running vista ultimate x64. This machine is in the same workgroup as my laptop which runs Windows XP Pro.

I ran the script from the desktop and input the machine name of the laptop. I get an access denied error and the script ends.

I also tried running it on my domain (all machines are VM’s).

In the first VM, I have Windows Server 2008 running. The remaining 4 VM’s are all running windows XP Pro and are named XP1, XP2, XP3, and XP4.

When I run the script from the server and input the XP1 machine name, it hangs for about a minute then returns, “The OS for: XP1 is not supported.”

The OS of XP1 is:
OS=Windows_NT

the version is 5.1.2600

If you’re still watching this, any help is appreciated. Thanks.

$d = 40
If(($d -eq 40) and ($d -lt 50)){$True}

$d = 50
If(($d -eq 50) and ($d -gt 60)){$True}

Hope that helps…

$d41 = 90 (1..50)
1 . if ($d41 -le 50) also “50″
{action} True ?????? but is fault !!!!!
2 . if ($d41 -gt 51 -and $d41 -le 100){action} False ?????? but is right !!!
3 . if ($d41 -gt 101 -and $d41 -le 300){action} False
4 . if ($d41 -gt 301 -and $d41 -le 500){action} False
5 . if ($d41 -gt 501 -and $d41 -le 1000) {action} False
6 . if ($d41 -gt 1001) no limite >
{action} False
many tnx for you help
arnold

$ServerChoice = Read-Host “Select an option 1-4″

Switch ($ServerChoice)
{
1 {$server = “Server A”}
2 {$server = “Server B”}
3 {$server = “Server C”}
4 {$server = “Server D”}
default {$server = “Server A”}
}

Write-Host “You chose $server”