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How To: Using Psexec.exe for low level access.

Director of Engineering
Article Number: 
288

Summary:

Sometimes the system you are installing ShadowProtect on will not let the full application install correctly.  In most cases it’s due to Active Directory and/or Group Policies but it has been known to happen on regular workstations. PSEXEC can help bypass these problems by installing the application as Local System.

Information:

There is a tool that is provided by Microsoft Technet that we can use to force a local install of the application.  Make sure you have the ShadowProtect Install file handy and then follow the link below to get the Sysinternal Tool Package.

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

 Once you have downloaded the .zip file:

    1. Extract it to your desktop (anywhere work). 
    2. Open a run command line, clear it out if anything is there, and then drag/drop the “Psexec.exe” file to the run line.

      This will put the path to the file and the file in the run line.

    3. At the end of it put a space and type –i –s at the end and then drag and drop the ShadowProtect installer into the run line. 
    4. Click OK and a EULA will show up which you will need to accept and then the ShadowProtect application should start installing.

 Example: C:\psexec.exe –i –s shadowprotect_installer.exe