PSTools Error

Question

I have a win11 computer with no access to the internet.

cmd is run as administrator.

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After trying to open a task scheduler via the PSTools on my desktop (psexec.exe -i -s %windir%\system32\mmc.exe /s taskschd.msc) I am getting the following error:

Error creating key file on DESKTOP-12345:

The network location cannot be reached. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help.

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Is there any way to fix this?

Answer 1

That worked on my laptop, even with wifi turned off. So I traced it with Process Monitor. I see it using the Admin$ share, presumably because it is designed to work on another pc. The help output says, "PsExec executes a program on a remote system". So it would appear that whatever network configuration you have, does not implement an Admin$ share.

Why do you need to run the task scheduler as the system account?

Create a scheduled task, that runs as the system account, and use the command line schtasks.exe or a Powershell script to do whatever you need to do.

Answer 2

Try to open the following system service and make sure you have enough admin privileges

1.Server 2.TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper 3.WindowsEventLog 4.TaskScheduler 5.RemoteProcedureCall