use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Variant;

use constant HKEY_CURRENT_USER => 0x80000001;
use constant HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => 0x80000002;

my $strComputer = Win32::NodeName || '.';

my $oReg = Win32::OLE->GetObject(
  'winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\\\' . $strComputer .
  '\\root\\default:StdRegProv') or die "GetObject: " . Win32::OLE->LastError();

my $path = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\HotFix\\KB896424";
my @names = ('', 'Backup Dir', 'Comments', 'Fix Description', 'Installed',
  'Installed By', 'Installed On', 'Service Pack', 'Valid');
my @types = (VT_BSTR, VT_BSTR, VT_BSTR, VT_BSTR, VT_I4, VT_BSTR, VT_BSTR,
  VT_I4, VT_I4);

my $strKeyPath = $path;
for (my $ii = 0; $ii < @names; ++$ii) {

        my $strValueName = $names[$ii];

        if ($types[$ii] == VT_BSTR) {
                my $strValue = Variant (VT_BSTR|VT_BYREF, '<Not Set>');
                my $ret = $oReg->GetStringValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
                  $strKeyPath, $strValueName, $strValue);
                $strValueName = '(Default)' if not $strValueName;
                print "1 $strValueName: '", $strValue->Value(), "'\n";
        } else {
                my $Value = Variant (VT_I4|VT_BYREF, 0);
                my $ret = $oReg->GetDWORDValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
                  $strKeyPath, $strValueName, $Value);
                print "2 $strValueName: '", $Value->Value(), "'\n";
        }
}

__END__