howdy y'all,

when you get the PCSystemType from Win32_ComputerSystem it comes back as a number. i've found online lists of what those numbers map to. what i haven't found is how that info is handled in dotnet.

having to look it up, save it to your util, and then reference it ... is so very problematic. [frown]

so, just as there is a way to get the list of day names, console colors, and other such ... is there a way to get the human-friendly version of that index number?

for those who aint run into it yet, lookee [grin] ...

$CompSys = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME

switch ($CompSys.PCSystemType)
    {
    0 {$PCSTName = 'Unspecified'
        break}
    1 {$PCSTName = 'Desktop'
        break}
    2 {$PCSTName = 'Laptop_Or_Mobile'
        break}
    3 {$PCSTName = 'Workstation'
        break}
    4 {$PCSTName = 'Enterprise_Server'
        break}
    5 {$PCSTName = 'SOHO_Server'
        break}
    6 {$PCSTName = 'Appliance_PC'
        break}
    7 {$PCSTName = 'Performance_Server'
        break}
    8 {$PCSTName = 'Maximum'
        break}
    default {'Unknown_ID'}
    }

$PCSTName

take care,
lee