Ok.. Boiling this down, I have tried..
Code:

$b=$oXL.cells($Row,1).value
$ip=WSHPing($b)[0]
$u=WMIQuery("username","Win32_ComputerSystem",$b)[0]
?$b
?$ip
?$u


also have tried -
Code:

$b=$oXL.cells($Row,1).value
$ip=WSHPing("$b")[0]
$u=WMIQuery("username","Win32_ComputerSystem","$b")[0]
?$b
?$ip
?$u


And..
Code:

$b=$oXL.cells($Row,1).value
$ip=WSHPing('"'+$b+'"')[0]
$u=WMIQuery("username","Win32_ComputerSystem",'"'+$b+'"')[0]
?$b
?$ip
?$u


Tried this with -
Code:

$b=$ip=WSHPing($oXL.cells($Row,1).value)[0]
$u=WMIQuery("username","Win32_ComputerSystem",$oXL.cells($Row,1).value)[0]
?$oXL.cells($Row,1).value
?$ip
?$u


Thanks,

Kent
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