Service

Microsoft PsExec

Readiness Level
Advanced

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Description

PsExec is a lightweight telnet replacement that lets users execute processes on other systems (complete with full interactivity for console applications) without having to manually install client software. PsExec's uses include launching interactive command-prompts on remote systems and remote-enabling tools such as IpConfig that otherwise do not have the ability to show information about remote systems.