running command on remote machine through dos

Stky10

I'm just wondering if its possible to run a command on a machine that runs
on another machine....(both not on a domain)

ie on machine-x

run machine-y administrator c:\program files\backup\backup.exe

where c:\program files\backup\backup.exe would be on machine-y

This is for Windows XP and/or Windows2003

Yeah, I realise I probably haven't explained it very well, but you get my
drift...

SickBoy

This might help. I use it all the time to execute M$ patches on remote clients. Works like a charm

de8o

You could try this

net use q: /delete
net use q: \\remotecomputer\c$ passwordofremoteadmin /user:administrator
at \\remotecomputer 09:00 /interactive "c:\program files\backup\backup.exe"

you can adjust this to suit your environment.

Capt'n Midnight

psexec as posted by sick boy is the biz - there is a remote console in the windows resource kit but it's tooooo open so ignore it.

as well as AT in the resouce kit there is an app called SOON - sounds great but you have to make sure the times on both PC's are synched and even then it's safer to add a 99 second delay if you want to be sure it will run - too short a delay and sometimes it won't run !

If you are using NTBACKUP on Windows 2000 /Xp / 2003 then use the schedule in the program itself instead. NtBackup in NT works with tapes only. NtBackup in 2000/Xp/2003 is great to backup to file - very handy for backing up remote pc's without needing propitery backup agents. But it's a pain to get it to backup to tape. - just another windows annoyance where you have to change the way you do things every second version.