Questions tagged [pstools]
PsTools is a suite of Windows command-line tools to manage and administer Windows Machine in respect to process management.
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How to use psexec without admin privileges on target machine?
Is it possible to use psexec to execute a command on a remote machine without having admin privileges on the remote machine?
I tried running psexec \\<machine> -u <username> -p <...
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Capturing output of remote process from sysinternal's psexec
I'm trying to capture the output of the remote process from psexec (i.e. not psexec's own output). So, for example I could run "ipconfig" and print the output to a log file.
I have tried:
psexec \\...
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Why does PsExec hang after successfully running a powershell script?
The script is fairly straight forward. Simply tries to start a bunch of windows services. Execution locally works fine when on the target machine. The script is actually executing fine as well when ...
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PSexec is not connecting to machine using supplied username and password
I'm trying to connect from a Win 7 machine to a Win2k8R2 machine using the command:
psexec \MACHINE_NAME_HERE -u MACHINE_NAME_HERE\Administrator -p PASSWORD_HERE notepad
When I try this I get the ...
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psexec: "Access is Denied"?
Inspired by my previous question here, I've been experimenting with PSExec.
The goal is to trip off some fairly simple scripts / programs on one WindowsXP machine from another, and as PowerShell 2 ...
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How can I restart a windows service remotely using a script?
I have a Python web application running in a CherryPy server, which is running as a windows service. I have a batch file to deploy this application, but I'm still having to remote desktop in to the ...
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How to use psexec to start installation or other task that requires UAC interaction?
I'm trying to remotely start installations and I'd like not to disable UAC. If I start the processes remotely using psexec, the installer will just get stalled waiting for the UAC prompt. Other tasks ...
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Is there a way to run PsExec specifying a user name and password (-u -p) when running as Local System?
I have a Windows Service running as Local System on Windows Server 2003 and I'm trying to use PsExec to run a command as another user (using the -u -p parameters) but I keep getting Access is denied. ...
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PsExec will copy the .exe but won't let me pass arguments to it
This command copies the program test.exe to the remote system and executes it interactively:
psexec \\marklap -c test.exe
However I need to pass some arguments to the text.exe program.
This doesn't ...
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PSTools psexec and PCI
I am just wondering if anyone knows of any reason why using psexec would cause the failure of a PCI DSS audit.
I have never been able to find information, though have always been told that it can't ...
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How to execute bat file remotely using Psexec from team city inside the powershell command
I have a powershell command which runs in TeamCity. When I try to run a batch
file remotely using psexec from this .ps file, I see once the remote execution
started, nothing happens. I tried several ...
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How to Run multiple command remotely using PSEXEC?
I am try to use multiple command with psexec tools but i am only remotely entered in that computer but it won't be perform another command
psexec -i \\192.168.30.135 -u username -p password cmd &...
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Interactive mode of PSExec not working for console application
I am trying to use PSExec to kick off a console application on a remote computer in an interactive state. When I run something like this:
PsExec.exe -s -d -i 1 \\MyServer notepad.exe
It launches ...
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psexec Windows Server 2008 Firewall
I am trying to use psexec to run a program on my windows server 2008 boxes. It returns with the message "Can't access myserver: The network path was not found."
If I turn off Windows Server ...
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PsExec and Windows 2008 R2: 'Access is Denied'
Here's my scenario:
I'm attempting to remotely start & stop IIS 7.0 sites on my server from my local machine, using PsExec.
Some important points:
Local machine runs Windows Vista.
Server runs ...
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How can I troubleshoot simple psExec problems?
Over the past couple of weeks I have been scouring the internet to figure out a problem I have been having of simply getting "calculator" to open on a remote computer using psExec. Eventually I asked ...
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start exe in a Remote Session with PsExec
I would like to start an application remotely. I am using the following PsExec command:
PsExec \\computerOne -u Domain\User1 -p 123456 -x "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe"
I tried to use -i so that the ...
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psexec Couldn't access \\IP/computername The system cannot find the path specified
Tried
psexec \\ip.add.re.ss -accepteula -u local_admin -p cmd.exe
psexec \\computername -accepteula -u local_admin -p cmd.exe
psexec \\computername.fdqn -accepteula -u local_admin -p cmd.exe
where ...
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How do I launch a command on a remote computer with an invalid domain trust? (using local creds)
I intend to use WMIC to reset the trust of a machine that is remote, and off the network. All of the following variations result in an "access denied":
The following works fine:
net use \\patterson-...
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Does psexec support input redirection?
I am trying to control a remote Python script, which reads commands from stdin, via psexec 1.98, but I need to redirect psexec's input since psexec itself will be launched from another program. ...
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Why does my PowerShell script hang when called in PSEXEC via a batch (.cmd) file?
I'm trying to remotely execute a PowerShell script using PSEXEC. The PowerShell script is called via a .cmd batch file. The reason we do this is to change the execution policy, run the powershell ...
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How to Block psexec?
I wondered whether anybody knew how to prevent other systems from using psexec to run services on my machine, assuming running the windows firewall is not an option?
In addition, I have read that a ...
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Why is psExec hanging indefinitely and giving no error?
I'm simply attempting to open calculator on a remote machine in order to test the connection before I write a bigger script. I'm no pro with psexec yet, but I have never seen before what is happening ...
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How to restore IE8 Default settings on Windows XP from a remote machine
Here is my goal. This will be run on one Windows XP machine only, for trouble shooting purposes. We need to be able to remotely execute.
psexec \\computername -d -e -u domain\administrator -p ...
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PsExec will not work due to File and Print Sharing disabled in firewall
We run in a Citrix/Wyse Terminal environment (200+ terminals)
All users Wyse terminals are not connected to a Domain and users log in with a local user account with no password (there is another ...
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How a batch file runs on a remote machine started by PSEXEC
I am having an issue running a Batch file on a remote machine suing PSEXEC.
The file runs but does not run like it does when run through remote desktop.
The batch runs a file which is a 32 bit ...
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Pop up a message or run a program on remote windows 7 computer so currently logged on user can see it
How can you pop up a message or run a program on remote computer so the currently logged on user can see it.
We have done this on WinXP, but these don't work with Win7.
at.exe \\computername time /...
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PsExec Alternative
Is there any alternative utility to replace PsExec? If I mostly use batch script for automation work. Due to instability of psexec, like hanging/ not responding, I may need another solution. Can the ...
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PsExec and Remote Environment Variables, Logging, Etc
When I run PsExec on a remote computer, I always fall short of what I want. What I would like ideally in most situations is a) a log on an admin server where each individual log has the name of each ...
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Remote installing programs by scripts or batch files
Firstly, I can't use Group Policy as our team doesn't manage that. The company is a massive FTSE company with a team for every aspect of IT you can think of.
Our team needs a way of installing ...
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Use winexe to start a Windows process
When I'm on Windows I use PsExec to start processes on other Windows machines. I now have the case that I want to do that from a Linux machine.
Fortunately there is winexe, a small program which ...
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Psexec: "unknown user name or bad password" in workgroup
I have 2 machines with Windows XP SP2 Professional on the same workgroup;
I can ping each of them from the other one;
My psexec command(run from machine with ip: 192.168.0.3):
psexec \\192.168.0.4 -...
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How to run multiple commands with psexec? [duplicate]
I need to run a command to uninstall forefront on some of our workstations and am having a bit of trouble formatting the command.
Here's what needs to happen (in multiple commands)
xcopy \\...
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Why does PSEXEC work if I don't specify a password?
When I run SysInternals PSEXEC to launch a process on a remote machine, if I specify the password in the command line it fails with:
PsExec could not start cmd.exe on web1928:
Logon failure: unknown ...
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Execute command on remote computer and show UI to logged on user
since I could not find any proper solution online, I'll ask here.
I have a bunch of computers where I want to execute a program and show the programs GUI to the currently logged in user. Afaik this ...
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PSEXEC from powershell
I have been struggling getting powershell to run Psexec. It works fine for single line commands. but i need to call SCOM to put the server in maintenance mode through Psexec...
$output = .\...
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Passing CMD via PSEXEC to a remote computer via .BAT file
Using PSEXEC to call CMD for a DEL command on a remote computer through a batch script.
PSEXEC \\hostname -u username -p password CMD /C DEL /Q /F C:\Folder\File.txt
The script pauses with a new CMD ...
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Enable RDP using WinRM or other alternatives to psexec
I am writing a program that takes a list of servers and enables/disables RDP. Currently I am utilizing psexec and up in till this morning, everything worked. I made no change in code/usernames/...
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Passwordless psexec on windows
I'm looking at deployment options at the moment. I'm using Jenkins on a Windows machine to control deployment to multiple remote Windows servers.
The deployment involves executing a batch script on ...
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What are the differences between runas and psexec?
runas is already installed on many systems (maybe by default) psexec is shipped with the awesome PsTools.
Why would I use psexec (an external tool) instead of runas(an included tool) ?
What are the ...
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Imposible to login with psexec
I'm using psexec and I cannot execute a simple cmd into a machine. The same response it's always the same "incorrect username or incorrect password" (also returning error code 6). This is the command ...
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PsExec hangs. Error launching installer
On certain remote computers when I use PsExec to run installers (.exe files), PsExec just hangs there. When I try running the installer, that PsExec transferred, directly from the remote computer (...
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How to install MS hotfixes for XP on remote machines?
How might I install a hotfix obtained from Microsoft to machines on the network? The hotfix in question comes packaged as an .exe file. I tried using psexec but the process never completes...I ...
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Exception when running PSExec on remote computer
Running this command
$processesToSpawn = 3
for($i= 1; $i -le $processesToSpawn; $i++){
psexec \\computername -i 2 -u "username" -p "password" "c:\myapp.exe"
}
Produces the ...
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Provide Administrator credentials within script
I am writing a script that runs from a user account. The script needs to execute another script as the Administrator account.
Tried AutoIt's RunAs - didn't work.
Tried PsExec - the same.
Tried CMD's ...
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PsExec hangs intermittently when calling AppCmd
We have an automated deployment process which is primarily managed by a batch file. One of the first steps in that process is to stop an IIS AppPool so the updated files can be safely copied. To do ...
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What is "php exited with error code 1"?
I'm running a php script through the webserver to execute psexec which in turns executes another php script.
When I run this from the command line normally, everything works fine and there are no ...
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Remotely start VNC server on computer with no Admin password
I'm trying to remotely access a particular computer of mine and it seems that VNC has stopped. I can tell that the computer is still running because I can VNC into another machine on the same network ...
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Send a batch file to a Windows machine, and execute it
I know PsExec is perfect for sending files over a computer on a network and then execute it on that remote computer, however I can't use PsExec because I'm developing a piece of software and I can't ...
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Running psexec on a remote Windows 7 Enterprise workstation
I can't seem to get psexec commands to work on a remote Windows 7 Enterprise workstation.
I'm trying to execute the following command:
psexec.exe \\172.16.165.157 -u jc -p testing123 -c -f -i cmd....
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