Powershell if statement not working - help!

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Published on 2010-05-01T07:05:31Z Indexed on 2010/05/01 7:18 UTC
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I have a batch file that takes a computer name as its argument and will install Java JRE on it remotely. Now, Im trying to run this Powershell script to repeatedly call the batch file and install Java on any system that it finds without the latest version. It seems to run error-free, but the statements inside the if code block never seem to run - even when the if conditional test evaluates to true. Can anyone look at this script and point out what I'm possibly missing? I'm using the Quest AD cmdlets, and BSOnPosh module. Thank you.

get-qadcomputer -sizelimit 0 -name mypc* -searchroot 'OU=MyComputers,DC=MyDomain,DC=lcl'| test-host -property name |ForEach-Object -process {
$targnm = $_.name
$tststr=reg query "\\$targnm\HKLM\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment" /v Java6FamilyVersion
 if(-not ($tststr | select-string -SimpleMatch '1.6.0_20'))
 {
  $mssg="Updating to JRE 6u20 on $targnm"
  Out-Host $mssg
  Out-File -filepath c:\install_jre_log.txt -inputobject $mssg -Append
  cmd /c \\server\apps\java\installjreremote.cmd $targnm
 }
 else
 {
  $mssg ="JRE 6u20 found on $targnm"
  Out-Host $mssg
  Out-File -filepath c:\install_jre_log.txt -inputobject $mssg -Append
 }
}

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