PSEXEC Access Denied

[spikeyredcactus]

hello, im not sure where to put this but i have a problem with psexec.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb897553.aspx

i cant connect to a computer on the network because i recieve an access is denied message back.
file and printer sharing is set to on on the computer i am connecting to, i have enabled remote desktop on that computer and i can access its shared documents through mine.
I have read the comments here;
http://windowsitpro.com/article/arti...19/psexec.html
and
http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=547
on the second link, i see that admin share needs to be pointing to the windows folder, how can i do this?
net use \\targetpc is a success so it can be accessed.

[chris128]

this has nothing to do with VB.NET so shouldnt really be posted on this forum... but I'll try help just to be nice.

Net Use \\targetpc does not prove that you can access a PC... all that proves is that you can access the visible share listing of a PC. Some shares can be hidden, these shares end with a $ symbol. The Admin share that you refer to is one of these such shares, the share name is actually \\targetpc\Admin$ not \\targetpc\Admin. On any windows XP professional PC this will already be setup though so I doubt its that that is causing you problems. Windows XP Home on the other hand does not have this share enabled by default, neither does it have the C$ share which I think PSEXEC might need to run as well.
SO... first things first - Is the machine that you are trying to connect to running Windows XP Home or Windows XP Pro? Also, if its running Service Pack 2 for either of the OS's then you might need to turn the Windows Firewall off first.

[spikeyredcactus]

Thanks chris.
The computer i am trying to connect to is windows xp media center edition, and the pc i have is xp pro. Windows firewall is disabled because another one is being used, i should imagine it will give me a message when a connection is incomming.

[chris128]

not always, some firewalls will just block anything coming in that you havent specifically allowed.
As far as I know, Media Centre edition pretty much is XP home just with a couple of different icons and a few extra bits and bobs... so that is probably why you cant connect to it. Try it the other way round - from the Media Centre PC to the XP pro machine and just see if that works cos at least then that narrows down where the problem lies

[spikeyredcactus]

ok i just used a third pc with xp home on to connect to my xp professional pc. i had the firewall disabled on my pc and it still didnt work (access denied)
All computers are on the same workgroup.
thanks

[chris128]

OK paste the exact PSEXEC command that you are using

[spikeyredcactus]

okay
it is

psexec \\steve cmd