If I have admin access to a remote W2K machine, is there any way I can
somehow run a local process to install a program who's exe file is on that
remote machine?

If not with any built-in method, is there a tool that would facilitate this?
I'm not really looking for a VNC remote access application unless the server
piece can be also be installed remotely (I have too many machines that I
need to do this with that are spread too far apart to locally install a
remote access server on each one).


Thanks

Are you running Active Directory? You can deploy software packages using
Group Policy Objects:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314934

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Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP
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"JDB" wrote in message
news:10cug08c44pb2ad@corp.supernews.com...
> If I have admin access to a remote W2K machine, is there any way I can
> somehow run a local process to install a program who's exe file is on that
> remote machine?
>
> If not with any built-in method, is there a tool that would facilitate
> this?
> I'm not really looking for a VNC remote access application unless the
> server
> piece can be also be installed remotely (I have too many machines that I
> need to do this with that are spread too far apart to locally install a
> remote access server on each one).
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

I don't know if this will help for the applications you need but you can get
access to a remote computers command line and such with psexec which is free
for SysInternals. Anyhow it is a very handy tool. -- Steve

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psexec.shtml

"JDB" wrote in message
news:10cug08c44pb2ad@corp.supernews.com...
> If I have admin access to a remote W2K machine, is there any way I can
> somehow run a local process to install a program who's exe file is on that
> remote machine?
>
> If not with any built-in method, is there a tool that would facilitate
this?
> I'm not really looking for a VNC remote access application unless the
server
> piece can be also be installed remotely (I have too many machines that I
> need to do this with that are spread too far apart to locally install a
> remote access server on each one).
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

If these Windows 2000 machines are servers, don't overlook
Term Services / Remote Desktop Client. It may provide the
functionality you need.

Lisa


>-----Original Message-----
>If I have admin access to a remote W2K machine, is there
any way I can
>somehow run a local process to install a program who's
exe file is on that
>remote machine?
>
>If not with any built-in method, is there a tool that
would facilitate this?
>I'm not really looking for a VNC remote access
application unless the server
>piece can be also be installed remotely (I have too many
machines that I
>need to do this with that are spread too far apart to
locally install a
>remote access server on each one).
>
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>.
>