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Controlling remote pcs services through the MMC

  • 04-04-2005 8:50pm
    #1
    stuey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭


    have a workgroup based network, all pcs win xp prof. I want to be able to be able to start and restart services on one pc from another, through the mmc but just cant figure out how to do it? anybody know how?

    thanx


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  • #2
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    start/run mmc
    file/ add-remove snap-in
    add/ 'services'
    another computer / <insert ip>
    finish


  • #3
    stuey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭stuey


    sorry i shud have mentioned that i had tried this but i keep on gettin the error message

    Error 5: Access is denied

    Any ideas?


  • #4
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Bah, it'd be much more simple if you had AD setup instead of a workgroup... what I'd try for the workgroup setup is to create an admin account on each of the PCs in the network with the same user/pass as the one you use on the machine you're administering from.
    Also make sure you're not getting snubbed by a firewall... although I'm not sure what ports mmc uses for this (generic host processes maybe?).
    There may also be services that need to be started on the clients, so check that they're not disabled.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Open the MMC, right click on Computer Management (Local) and Connect to another computer.

    otherwise goto sysinternals and get pstools,
    then in a dos promt
    psexec \\computername cmd
    this gets you a remote command prompt and then you can use

    net start - lists services
    net start servicename
    net stop servicename


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