Useful to know about running remote commands with psexec. Will come in handy for the odd occasion when I need to silently roll out patches on a case by case basis, and I'm sure it will prove to be very useful for other scenarios over time. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:43 AM, James Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another interesting use of pstools is "psexec \\computername cmd" which > will open you a remote command prompt and keep it open until you exit in the > normal fashion. Much easier than telnetting. Psexec is probably the most > useful tool in the suite. > > > 2008/6/18 cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thanks James - I expect pstools will automate the telnet step below but >> after posting found an alternative approach to find out what processes are >> running in "near enough" realtime.... >> >> 1. Start telnet on remote computer via computer management >> 2. Connect to telnet server from client >> 3. Run "tasklist /v" every 10 seconds or so to gauge what processes are >> taking up system resource >> >> Will give pstools a shot though - the above workaround is too overkill for >> my liking... >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:15 AM, James Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> pslist (with or without the -s switch) will do this on a local or remote >>> machine >>> >>> Download pstools from MS to get it >>> >>> 2008/6/18 cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> Hello all, >>>> I'm looking for a tool that will allow me to view (in realtime) >>>> processes running on a remote XP SP2 desktop, i.e. to gauge CPU >>>> utilisation, >>>> etc. >>>> Although "tasklist /s computername" tells me WHAT processes are >>>> currently running (along with memory usage), I'd like a similar view, only >>>> in realtime. >>>> I'm aware I could simply remote control the PC in question and use Task >>>> Manager to view running processes but the user has left their desktop >>>> locked >>>> and due to internal security policy I'm not authorised to reset the user's >>>> password without contacting the user first. >>>> >>>> To put into context the above requirement, I'm simply trying to >>>> ascertain if any applications are running within the user's logon session >>>> before I log 'em out to install some software. >>>> >>>> Hope that all makes sense. Apologies if I haven't explained clearly. >>>> >>>> Any advice would be much appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> - JS >>>> >>>> >>> >> > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
