Windows question
So, for all you MCM's, MCSE's, and MCITP's out there, i'm trying to administer machines remotely, some of them windows machines, xp, vista, 7 and ws2k3. For the specific project i need to install ftp/tftp remotely, from the command line. I know two things.
1 supposedly u can do anything you can do in the gui from the command line, and
2 the add remove programs applet in the cpl allows you to install tftp in most or all of the required os'.
Thoughts?
fyi, what ive found so far: this command (rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl) which fails in w7 on control_rundll
and something having to do with MSIExec which appear to be able to uninstall, but i see no install options
1 supposedly u can do anything you can do in the gui from the command line, and
2 the add remove programs applet in the cpl allows you to install tftp in most or all of the required os'.
Thoughts?
fyi, what ive found so far: this command (rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl) which fails in w7 on control_rundll
and something having to do with MSIExec which appear to be able to uninstall, but i see no install options
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jibbajabba
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W7 / 2008R2 won't be a problem as you can do this remotely using Powershell. Having said this, it will be a pain in the butt if the systems aren't in a domain. If not you most likely have to go around to enable WMI etc. On XP / 2003 you might have the issue that you need the install media available or once again, have a domain and install it via GPOs ....My own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com
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docrice
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If you can get a remote shell via psexec.exe or the native built-in remote access command in Windows 7 (the name of which escapes me at the moment), perhaps you could:
dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:TFTP
Not sure how I'd do this in XP or Server 2003 off the of my head.Hopefully-useful stuff I've written: http://kimiushida.com/bitsandpieces/articles/