Printer inventory function... Enumerates the registry (via powershell remoting) and gets a list of mapped printers for the currently logged on user, and their default printer. "cheap" because it just uses write-outpuit and tee, because I'm too lazy to comform to other methods. (note some comments are from when I was checking that all outlook pro…

get-liveremoteprinters.ps1

function get-adusersid{
#http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/2776-powershell-sid-to-user-and-user-to-sid

  param(
  [string]$domain,
  [string]$user
  )
  $objUser = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount("$domain", "$user")
  $strSID = $objUser.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
  $strSID.Value
}

function get-mappedprinterlist {

  param(
  [string]$computername
  )
  
  # get user who is logged on at target
  $fullusername = @(Get-WmiObject -computer $computername -class win32_computersystem)[0].username
  $user = $fullusername.substring($fullusername.LastIndexOf('\')+1,$fullusername.length-$fullusername.LastIndexOf('\')-1)
  $domain = $fullusername.substring(0,$fullusername.LastIndexOf('\'))
  $usersid = get-adusersid -domain $domain -user $user
  
  #query registry of the machine
  # we will use powershell remoting for this, although there are other methods for remote access to the registry.
  # HKEY_USERS\[SID]\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\*\ (where * is the GUID of the outlook profile)
  # REG_SZ: 001e6602 <= this value should be present and be the CAS hub server
  # also grab the following values for the log:
  #  REG_SZ: 001e6603
  #  REG_SZ: 001e6612


  #search for 001e6602
  #  http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2006/07/12/how-do-i-search-the-registry-for-a-value-in-powershell/
  #should make this a bit more extensible... storing the results in an object, so that user can easily use convertto- cmdlets.
  $invokable = '$regpath = "HKEY_USERS\' + $usersid + '\printers\connections"; new-psdrive -psprovider registry -name HKCUP -Root $regpath | out-null ; get-childitem  HKCUP:\ -recurse | foreach {$printerconnection = $((get-itemproperty -Path $_.PsPath).pschildname | out-string); write-output "printer connection: $printerconnection"}'

  $scriptbblock = $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.NewScriptBlock($invokable)
  
  #the use of `tee` is part of the "cheapness" of the above usage of `write-output`
  write-output $computername | tee -append -filepath c:\totalreport.log
  Invoke-Command -scriptblock $scriptbblock -computername $computername 2>&1 | tee -append -filepath c:\totalreport.log
  
  #http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156212
  # HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
  $invokable = '$regpath = "HKEY_USERS\' + $usersid + '\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows";new-psdrive -psprovider registry -name HKCUDP -Root "$regpath" | out-null;write-output "default printer: $((get-itemproperty -path HKCUDP:\).Device | out-string) "'

  $scriptbblock = $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.NewScriptBlock($invokable)
  
  #the use of `tee` is part of the "cheapness" of the above usage of `write-output`
  Invoke-Command -scriptblock $scriptbblock -computername $computername 2>&1 | tee -append -filepath c:\totalreport.log  
  
}


#if there is a value:
if ($computername) {
  get-mappedprinterlist -computername $computername
}