Get-ProductKey.ps1
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Script
function Get-ProductKey {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Retrieves the product key and OS information from a local or remote system/s.
.DESCRIPTION
Retrieves the product key and OS information from a local or remote system/s. Queries of 64bit OS from a 32bit OS will result in
inaccurate data being returned for the Product Key. You must query a 64bit OS from a system running a 64bit OS.
.PARAMETER Computername
Name of the local or remote system/s.
.NOTES
Author: Boe Prox
Version: 1.1
-Update of function from http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/04/30/getting-windows-product-key.aspx
-Added capability to query more than one system
-Supports remote system query
-Supports querying 64bit OSes
-Shows OS description and Version in output object
-Error Handling
.EXAMPLE
Get-ProductKey -Computername Server1
OSDescription Computername OSVersion ProductKey
------------- ------------ --------- ----------
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Server1 5.2.3790 bcdfg-hjklm-pqrtt-vwxyy-12345
Description
-----------
Retrieves the product key information from 'Server1'
#>
[cmdletbinding()]
Param (
[parameter(ValueFromPipeLine = $True, ValueFromPipeLineByPropertyName = $True)]
[Alias("CN", "__Server", "IPAddress", "Server")]
[string[]]$Computername = $Env:Computername
)
Begin {
$map = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
}
Process {
ForEach ($Computer in $Computername) {
Write-Verbose ("{0}: Checking network availability" -f $Computer)
If (Test-Connection -ComputerName $Computer -Count 1 -Quiet) {
Try {
Write-Verbose ("{0}: Retrieving WMI OS information" -f $Computer)
$OS = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer Win32_OperatingSystem -ErrorAction Stop
}
Catch {
$OS = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
Caption = $_.Exception.Message
Version = $_.Exception.Message
}
}
Try {
Write-Verbose ("{0}: Attempting remote registry access" -f $Computer)
$remoteReg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine, $Computer)
If ($OS.OSArchitecture -eq '64-bit') {
$value = $remoteReg.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").GetValue('DigitalProductId4')[0x34..0x42]
}
Else {
$value = $remoteReg.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").GetValue('DigitalProductId')[0x34..0x42]
}
$ProductKey = ""
Write-Verbose ("{0}: Translating data into product key" -f $Computer)
for ($i = 24; $i -ge 0; $i--) {
$r = 0
for ($j = 14; $j -ge 0; $j--) {
$r = ($r * 256) -bxor $value[$j]
$value[$j] = [math]::Floor([double]($r / 24))
$r = $r % 24
}
$ProductKey = $map[$r] + $ProductKey
if (($i % 5) -eq 0 -and $i -ne 0) {
$ProductKey = "-" + $ProductKey
}
}
}
Catch {
$ProductKey = $_.Exception.Message
}
$object = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
Computername = $Computer
ProductKey = $ProductKey
OSDescription = $os.Caption
OSVersion = $os.Version
}
$object.pstypenames.insert(0, 'ProductKey.Info')
$object
}
Else {
$object = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
Computername = $Computer
ProductKey = 'Unreachable'
OSDescription = 'Unreachable'
OSVersion = 'Unreachable'
}
$object.pstypenames.insert(0, 'ProductKey.Info')
$object
}
}
}
}
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