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Alright, Psexec is awesome, but I was wondering if it's possible to have multiple instances of psexec running at the same time? I have a script that runs through the list of computers in my computers.txt file, but it runs 1 computer at a time which can take a while, is there any way to make it all run at once for each computer?

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by older mycroft

[i]"Using PsExec

See the July 2004 issue of Windows IT Pro Magazine for Mark's article that covers advanced usage of PsExec.

Usage: psexec [\\computer[,computer2[,...] | @file][-u user [-p psswd]][-n s][-l][-s|-e][-x][-i [session]][-c [-f|-v]][-w directory][-d][-][-a n,n,... ] cmd [arguments]
computer [b]Direct PsExec to run the application on the computer or computers specified. If you omit the computer name PsExec runs the application on the local system and if you enter a computer name of "\\*" PsExec runs the applications on all computers in the current domain.[/b]
@file Directs PsExec to run the command on each computer listed in the text file specified.
-a Separate processors on which the application can run with commas where 1 is the lowest numbered CPU. For example, to run the application on CPU 2 and CPU 4, enter: "-a 2,4"
-c Copy the specified program to the remote system for execution. If you omit this option then the application must be in the system's path on the remote system.
-d Don't wait for application to terminate. Only use this option for non-interactive applications.
-e Does not load the specified account's profile.
-f Copy the specified program to the remote system even if the file already exists on the remote system.
-i Run the program so that it interacts with the desktop of the specified session on the remote system. If no session is specified the process runs in the console session.
-l Run process as limited user (strips the Administrators group and allows only privileges assigned to the Users group). On Windows Vista the process runs with Low Integrity.
-n Specifies timeout in seconds connecting to remote computers.
-p Specifies optional password for user name. If you omit this you will be prompted to enter a hidden password.
-s Run remote process in the System account.
-u Specifies optional user name for login to remote computer.
-v Copy the specified file only if it has a higher version number or is newer on than the one on the remote system.
-w Set the working directory of the process (relative to the remote computer).
-x Display the UI on the Winlogon desktop (local system only).
-priority Specifies -low, -belownormal, -abovenormal, -high or -realtime to run the process at a different priority. Use -background to run at low memory and I/O priority on Vista.
program Name of the program to execute.
arguments Arguments to pass (note that file paths must be absolute paths on the target system)"[/i]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

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