in reply to (OT) executing a command on a remote Windows XP machine

If you have 2500 machines on a network prsumably you have Active Directory. All you need to do is add a logon script to your GPO I would have thought. See this tutorial There are many ways to execute things remotely. M$ turns them off progrssively as people exploit them. For example if you tried my Win32::KillProcess module it may or may not have worked depending on the availability of certain scripting features which are now ? disabled by default ? Given you comments about how hard it is to install Perl modules on Win32 (it is not, you simply need to know how) I would wonder if you are using the tools you have available correctly. When all else fails read the instructions ;-) 

@echo off
\\oywps01\snp109

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cheers

tachyon

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Re^2: (OT) executing a command on a remote Windows XP machine
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 07, 2004 at 13:26 UTC
    Thanks for enlightenment

    God Bless You.
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Re^2: (OT) executing a command on a remote Windows XP machine
by blackadder (Hermit) on Oct 07, 2004 at 10:16 UTC
    Hi Ya,

    Yes we do, but its in NewYork and I am in a DR site here in London. I have no chance of accessing the AD or doing any thing with it.

    So I used this code
    use Win32::KillProcess qw( connectServer startProcess );
$server="SN02GEV14A";
 $user="MOD\Blackadder_sup";
 $pass="Perlmonks2004";
my $c = connectServer( $server, $user, $pass );
startProcess( $c, "cmd.exe /c start \\\\oywps01\\snp104");

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    And I am getting this error 
    C:\Perl>proc_start.pl
Can't access WMI on remote machine SN02GEV14A: OLE exception from "SWb
+emLocator":

Access is denied.

Win32::OLE(0.1701) error 0x80070005: "Access is denied"
    in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "ConnectServer" at C:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/Ki
+llProcess.pm line 30.

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    I posted the above on another thread in answer to how to install WIn32::KillProcess, But will continoue with this thread from now on to avoid duplication.

    Thanks
    Blackadder
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      Which part of 'Access Denied' is confusing you ;-) You need to use a valid username and password. 

      $user="DOM\username"  # bound to fail

$user="DOM\\username" # OK
$user='DOM\username'  # OK as well

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      Once you fix that tt should work as the SWbemLocator you need running remotely provided that error. You do need valid credentials though. This works fine for me: 

      use Win32::KillProcess ':all';
my $server = "Toshiba";
my $user   = "WORKGROUP\\Administrator";
my $pass   = "password";
my $c      = connectServer( $server, $user, $pass );
showRunningProcess($c);

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      cheers

      tachyon

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        Thanks *Embarrassed*
        Blackadder
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