I have a program that will require a remote installation of a registered dll. I will be asking the user for the computer name but I am not sure how to install and register the file once I have the remote computer name. Is this possible?
Thanks,
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, May 01 2006 12:54
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Posted 01 May 2006 - 21:10
It is possible using a technology called WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation). This requires that both the local and remote computer have Windows 2000 or higher.
Using the Win32_Process object, you can start a process on a remote computer. You can use Regsvr32.exe to start the registration of a COM server. Make sure that the DLL/EXE resides on that (remote) computer too, which can be tricky.
As an alternative: pack the COM server in an MSI package, and install that using the Win32_Product object.
WMI is quite easy, but the security aspects require that you test many different configurations, like domains with/without Kerberos, workgroups etc.
BTW: Regardless you use WMI or something else, you should also ask for a valid user name, domain and password for the remote computer.
Using the Win32_Process object, you can start a process on a remote computer. You can use Regsvr32.exe to start the registration of a COM server. Make sure that the DLL/EXE resides on that (remote) computer too, which can be tricky.
As an alternative: pack the COM server in an MSI package, and install that using the Win32_Product object.
WMI is quite easy, but the security aspects require that you test many different configurations, like domains with/without Kerberos, workgroups etc.
BTW: Regardless you use WMI or something else, you should also ask for a valid user name, domain and password for the remote computer.