Invok-Command on localhost not working

Question

i am trying to roll out user environment variables to a newly created user after its creation. to do this i want to do

Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -Credentials $credentials

however if i do so, i get an error message :

[localhost] Beim Verbinden mit dem Remoteserver "localhost" ist folgender Fehler aufgetreten: Zugriff verweigert Weitere Informationen finden Sie im Hilfethema 
"about_Remote_Troubleshooting".
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (localhost:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AccessDenied,PSSessionStateBroken

my full script i try to execute is this:

Write-Host seting up Environment
    $usernameIA = "NameOfUser"
    $password = 'ThePassword'
    $securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
    $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($usernameIA, $securePassword)
	Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -Credential $credential -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock

i already figured out that i have to start WinRM service at least on some machines so i can do it that way, but this has only brougt me to that error message...

Answer 1

Hello there,

Invoke-command requires remoting, regardless of whether it's being invoked on local machine or a remote computer.

Enable PSRemoting Service to Start Automatic

on both host and remote machines

Set-Service winrm -StartupType Automatic

Start-Service winrm

Enable PSREmoting on both host and remote machines

EnablePSRemoting -Force

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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