psexec fails against windows 10 remote target

Question

Does psexec work against Windows 10 remote hosts? I'm running psexec from a Windows 7 machine. When the remote host is Windows 8.1, it works, when the remote host is Windows 10, it fails as below:

C:\Windows 7>psexec -h -u Admin -p passwordHere -n 280 \xxx.xx.xxx.xxx ipconfig

PsExec v2.11 - Execute processes remotely Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Could not start PSEXESVC service on xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: The remote procedure call failed and did not execute.

Any clues appreciated.

Solution

Found this on a Microsoft forum, worked for me.

Open regedit from start. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Add REG_DWORD (32 bit) LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and set value to 1.

Comments

[luminous]

Thanks for the info, but unfortunately, it didn't help. I tried both suggestions, same error. I worked around this by writing my own remote shell, so the issue is a little less urgent, but would prefer to use psexec if I can get past this error.

[yonisha]

Another thing that you may want to make sure is that 'File and printer sharing' is turned on on the remote machine, which is mandatory for psexec to be executed remotely: 1. Right click on the network icon in the System Tray. 2. Open Network and Sharing Center 3. Change advanced sharing settings 4. Turn on file and printer sharing