How to execute command on remote windows machine

[alex23]

On 3/09/2013 2:45 PM, gaurangnshah at gmail.com wrote:
> I have a requirement where i need to kill one process on remote windows machine.
> Following command just works fine if i have to kill process on local machine
>
> os.system('taskkill /f /im processName.exe')
>
> However I am not able to figure out how to execute this command on remote windows machine.

The simplest way is from your local machine. taskkill accepts a /s 
parameter which can specify a remote machine by IP or name.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491009.aspx