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Error establishing communication with PsExec service

psexec \\computername ipconfig

Error establishing communication with PsExec service on <computername>
The operation completed successfully.

I reinstalled my OS and now psexec doesn't work. It worked before and is very handy to have. I can browse the c$ and admin$ share on the computer no problem and other ps command work list pslist. Only thing different is I added zonealarm pro firewall when I reinstalled but it doesn't work when i turn that off. I have windows xp sp2 OS. Psexec is the latest v1.60. How can I get this work?

jelebay

Is it possible that with re-installing your OS you are using a different account name? According to Mark Russinovich (http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/42919/pg/2/2.html) the process on the remote PC impersonates the account from which you run it on the local PC. However, it doesn't have access to network resources. Perhaps you could try:

psexec \\computername -u computername\administrator -p password ipconfig

Cheers
PS. BTW, XP-SP2 includes a built-in firewall. You may want to check "File and Printer Sharing" is listed under the Exceptions tab (Control Panel/Windows Firewall) just in case.

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I tried this command :psexec \\computername -u computername\administrator -p password ipconfig

This is what was the result:
Error communicating with PsExec service
The pipe has been ended.

I did the exact same command on a different workstation and it worked fine. File and printer sharing is by default enabled in group policy. Turning off the firewall makes no difference.

When I reinstalled my OS I used the same domain computername and the same domain user.