How to add "Computer Description" locally to 300 Servers in our domain via PowerShell.

I'd like to use Powershell to add "Computer Description" locally to 300 Servers in domain.
I found a solution here which works but it adds "Computer Description" only to a single computer.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/a777f07c-f9be-4eb5-8788-de7e5c068411/changing-computer-descriptions-remotely-using-powershell?forum=winserverpowershell
I do have a CSV file with two column headers "Server" and "Description" containing Computer Description for all 300 Servers.
I'm new to Powershell and would appreciate a step by step method.
Thanks.
st

Hi Mike Laughlin,
Your Script worked beautifully on most Servers.
There were some Servers on which it did not work. It showed this error in red color:
Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT:
0x800706BA)
At line:2 char:17
+ $OSValues = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName
$_.Serv ...
+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], COMExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMICOMException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
.GetWmiObjectCommand
Property 'Description' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and
is settable.
At line:3 char:5
+ $OSValues.Description = $_.Description
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:4 char:5
+ $OSValues.Put()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
Hi tommymaynard,
Should I now try your Script ?

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