With the following command, I am trying to run dir c: with the administrator account from a powershell

$RemoteMachine = "10.1.1.40"
$Username = 'Administrator'
$Password = ' '
$pass = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $Password -Force
$Cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $Username,$pass
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $RemoteMachine -Credential $Cred -ScriptBlock { dir c: }

However, the output is:

PS C:\Windows\system32> C:\Users\user\Desktop\anydesk.ps1
PS C:\Windows\system32>

That means, it has not connected to the remote machine. I have to say that administrator account is enabled and the remote desktop allows administrator. Any idea to fix that? If I use a normal user, the am able to see the output of dir c:.

1 Answer

Is the password for Administrator on the remote machine actually blank?

Try doing each step manually to verify what does and does not work:

# Get-Credential will prompt for a username and password
# Try and use the computer *name* instead of the IP:
$RemoteMachine = 'MyPC'
$cred = Get-Credential -UserName "$RemoteMachine\Administrator"
# Use a remote Powershell session instead of invoke-command for troubleshooting:
Enter-PSSession $RemoteMachine -Credential $cred
# In the remote session, manually run "dir C:/"
[MyPC]: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> dir C:/

Then add the results and/or error messages to your question

If the above works, try the following - it's not much different from what you tried earlier:

$computername = 'MyPC'
$user = "$computername\Administrator"
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText (Read-Host "MyPassword") -Force
$cred = [PSCredential]::new($user, $password)
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computername -Credential $cred -ScriptBlock {Get-ChildItem c:}

I want to add that leaving your admin password in plaintext in the script is a bad idea. Please consider storing it somewhere more secure, or use something like the CredentialManager powershell module.

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