Sysinternals Networking Utilities (Pstools- PSEXEC)

Under the Network Tools from Sysinternals, are of course the pstools with a subcategory of tools, I leaved all other tools like AdInsight and AdExplorer for the last posts in this category.

Install software using PStools:

Let’s see the scenario where you want to run a program, a hotfix, any update in the workstations in your domain, for example, to update the Windows Installer in your Windows XP infrastructure in your Windows 2003 Domain.

1. Open notepad and save it as a bat file, add the following code:

psexec @c:\Folder\PChostnameList.txt -d -c WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe /q /norestart
pause

execute it from the command line and you will have a silent deployment. Copy the WindowsInstaller executable in the same folder path. The PChostnameList.txt are just the hostnames from the PCs you want to affect. We will have a similar output like this, in this case for testing purposes I have just one hostname added:



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